Words on Bathroom Walls
A vibrant, empathetic teen drama that visualizes the chaotic landscape of schizophrenia through swirling ink and intrusive avatars. It balances the terror of losing one's mind with the warm, grounding comfort of first love and culinary creation.
Words on Bathroom Walls
Words on Bathroom Walls

"If you can't trust your mind, trust your heart."

21 August 2020 United States of America 111 min ⭐ 7.8 (647)
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Cast: Charlie Plummer, Molly Parker, Walton Goggins, Andy Garcia, Taylor Russell
Drama Romance
The Stigma of Mental Illness Self-Acceptance vs. The Cure Trust and Vulnerability Family Dynamics and redefining 'Father'
Budget: $8,000,000
Box Office: $3,151,849

Words on Bathroom Walls - Movie Quotes

Memorable Quotes

When you're a cancer kid, people are so eager to grant any wish you have. But when you have schizophrenia, people treat you differently.

— Adam Petrazelli

Context:

Adam explaining to Maya why he kept his diagnosis a secret.

Meaning:

Highlighting the hierarchy of empathy in society regarding physical vs. mental illness.

It’s a very strange reality when you can’t trust yourself. The faith I might have had in normal things like gravity or logic or love is gone.

— Adam Petrazelli

Context:

Voiceover narration describing the experience of a psychotic break.

Meaning:

Expresses the profound disorientation of psychosis, where the fundamental laws of the universe feel unstable.

I'm sorry I'm crazy.

— Adam Petrazelli

Context:

Adam to Maya after a hallucination episode.

Meaning:

A heartbreaking moment of internalized stigma, where Adam apologizes for his existence.

Church is for people who believe in things they can't see. Life for me is about seeing things I probably shouldn't believe in.

— Adam Petrazelli

Context:

Adam speaking to Father Patrick in the confessional.

Meaning:

A darkly humorous comparison between faith and hallucination.