Words on Bathroom Walls barely scratches the surface of what schizophrenia looks and feels like, but it's still an enjoyable rom-com with charismatic leads.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 22, 2023

Words on Bathroom Walls deftly blends genres to explore mental illness in young people. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 3, 2023

Words on Bathroom Walls is far from perfect, but — due in large part to its phenomenal cast — it’s an enjoyable teen dramedy that takes a positive step forward in onscreen mental health representation.

| Dec 7, 2022

The credit goes to Plummer and Russell, who create one of the most endearing, sweet romances the genre has done in quite some time.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 2, 2022

Had the filmmaking been stronger outside of those moments, it could have been something really special, but instead, it’s just good.

| Original Score: 6/10 | May 13, 2022

The beauty of "Words on Bathroom Walls" is getting to see perspective on a mental illness that isn't shown often, especially through a romance. This is something else that deserves representation and understanding.

| Original Score: A | Jun 24, 2021

It's a fascinating juxtaposition, situating mental illness and class struggle as interchangeable...it's regrettable that such richly mineable material is abandoned [so quickly].

| Jun 5, 2021

Attempts - and seems to accurately capture, at least on a YA fiction level - schizophrenia as it feels in the real world.

| Mar 30, 2021

Depicts mental illness in an empathetic light, giving it tangible progressive value.

| Mar 19, 2021

Succeeds where many other movies about health struggles fail, thanks in no small part to excellent performances all-round from Plummer, Russell, Parker and Goggins.

| Mar 9, 2021

Words on Bathroom Walls has fantastic performances across the board, making it rise above normal teenage fare.

| Feb 5, 2021

Hits hard before settling into more familiar, optimistic territory, but the respectful tone established early on makes up for the sappiness that bogs down the film's final moments.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 29, 2021

The film does an exceptional job of one crucial detail: it values character development over the faux romantic slodge typical of the genre.

| Jan 27, 2021

Freudenthal tells Adam's story with an accessible yet unflinching honesty and with Plummer gently infusing him with all the pain, the fear, the courage and the joy needed to bring him to life, we are all gifted a wonderful film to see out 2020.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 22, 2020

Here all involved work hard to make sure this film does not come off as a cheesy movie of the week (from back in the day) but one that will entertain teens as well as make them think about an issue.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 21, 2020

Words on Bathroom Walls is a moving, well-intentioned film with its heart in the right place that makes a noble effort to tackle a subject that has in the past been so broadly badly handled.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 18, 2020

Based on the novel of the same name by Julia Walton, Words on Bathroom Walls is a superior "teen disease of the week movie" that tries not to pull many punches with its depiction of schizophrenia.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 17, 2020

A prime example of how to deal with tough subject matter in the parlance of the multiplex, Words on Bathroom Walls offers a solid, entertaining, touching dramedy about the true nature of schizophrenia.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 12, 2020

Whilst the Nick Naveda-penned script indulges in a few schmaltzy teen romance tropes, Words on Bathroom Walls always feels like a real film, commenting on ominous themes with a delicate balance as to not overwhelm its audience

| Dec 9, 2020

It asks us to open our minds and think about how we perceive those with similar troubles in our own lives. An affecting film.

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 5, 2020