2020 · drama · romance · coming-of-age
Words on Bathroom Walls
Directed by Thor Freudenthal1h 51m2020
Diagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year of high school, a witty, introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while falling in love with a brilliant classmate who inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition.
Our read: Words on Bathroom Walls (2020) reads as a warm, steady, grounded drama · romance · coming-of-age entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, steady, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
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