Photo: 'Words on Bathroom Walls'/Amazon Prime Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers! “How hard would it be to hide by insanity from high school?” - In This Life? Impossible. Heads up, there will be spoilers because to do this film's underlying meaning justice, you must understand it all. Directed by Thor Freudenthal, written for the screen by Nick Naveda, and based on Julia Walton's novel, 'Words on Bathroom Walls’ is a young adult film that discusses the impact and inner struggle of mental illness. At the beginning of 'Words on Bathroom Walls,' the audience is introduced to Adam, portrayed by Charlie Plummer, who is experiencing internal voices he has learned to silence oddly enough by eating. Adam learns to grow a sincere admiration towards cooking from having to silence the voices enough to want to pursue Culinary Art School after high school graduation. For a while,...
- 3/21/2021
- by Isabella Brownlee
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Words on Bathroom Walls Review — Words on Bathroom Walls (2020) Video Movie Review, a Roadside Attractions movie directed by Thor Freudenthal, written by Nick Naveda, and stars Charlie Plummer, Andy Garcia, Taylor Russell, AnnaSophia Robb, Beth Grant, Devon Bostick, Lobo Sebastian, Molly Parker, and Walton Goggins. In this video review, I talk about the new [...]
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- 12/2/2020
- by Alex Srednoselac
- Film-Book
The film release calendar has always played home to serendipitous programming choices, from movies with strangely similar titles hitting at the same time to features that seem ripped from the same script (as with the infamous 1998 double whammy of “Deep Impact” and “Armageddon”), but this week at the movies offers something with a twist: two new movies with not just closely aligned plots, but nearly identical praise. Two is a trend!
Just yesterday, IndieWire’s review of “Chemical Hearts” arrived with the headline, “Lili Reinhart and Austin Abrams Shine in a Ya Romance for Extra Sensitive Teens,” and that exact phrasing could be used for the week’s other big screen Ya adaptation, Thor Freudenthal’s “Words on Bathroom Walls.” Or, in simpler terms, think of it this way: “Charlie Plummer and Taylor Russell Shine in a Ya Romance for Extra Sensitive Teens.” Both films are based on popular Ya...
Just yesterday, IndieWire’s review of “Chemical Hearts” arrived with the headline, “Lili Reinhart and Austin Abrams Shine in a Ya Romance for Extra Sensitive Teens,” and that exact phrasing could be used for the week’s other big screen Ya adaptation, Thor Freudenthal’s “Words on Bathroom Walls.” Or, in simpler terms, think of it this way: “Charlie Plummer and Taylor Russell Shine in a Ya Romance for Extra Sensitive Teens.” Both films are based on popular Ya...
- 8/20/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The 1999 Drew Barrymore romcom “Never Been Kissed” is referenced multiple times in “Words on Bathroom Walls,” with the older film cast in a rosy Proustian glow that may come as a jolt to any viewers who remember the 20th century. Fully 21st-century teens Adam (Charlie Plummer) and Maya (Taylor Russell) describe it as a “classic” and a “cinematic masterpiece” with equal parts affection and irony, believing themselves a little smarter than its cozy high-school movie clichés. So does “Words on Bathroom Walls,” in ways that sometimes pay off strikingly.
A teen movie for the generation of mental health awareness, this slick, well-acted adaptation of Julia Walton’s popular Ya novel complicates typical coming-of-age stakes and obstacles with the disorienting realities of the hero’s diagnosed schizophrenia, giving unusual, anxious treatment to the genre’s standard set pieces — from dreamy prom night to rousing graduation speech — along the way.
Yet Thor Freudenthal...
A teen movie for the generation of mental health awareness, this slick, well-acted adaptation of Julia Walton’s popular Ya novel complicates typical coming-of-age stakes and obstacles with the disorienting realities of the hero’s diagnosed schizophrenia, giving unusual, anxious treatment to the genre’s standard set pieces — from dreamy prom night to rousing graduation speech — along the way.
Yet Thor Freudenthal...
- 8/20/2020
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
It would have been very easy for Words on Bathroom Walls to take a simplistic approach to the story that it’s telling. Young Adult novels that get turned into movies tend to lean on heavy themes, but don’t always tackle them in particularly mature ways. This one, however, is willing to go that route, allowing themes of mental illness to get the gravitas that it deserves. Much like The Fault in Our Stars managed to overcome its Ya routes to become something more, this one is able to as well. It’s not on the level of that Ya tearjerker, but it’s a quality new release well worth your time this week. The film is a teen drama, following Adam (Charlie Plummer), who seems to be your garden variety high schooler. Everything on the outside makes him appear to be a young adult like any other, even...
- 8/19/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Exclusive: Ld Entertainment and Roadside Attractions have moved the release date of the forthcoming Words On Bathroom Walls. The feature based on Julia Walton’s Ya novel will now open nationwide in theaters August 21, pushing its debut from the originally slated date of August 7. The companies have also dropped a clip of the film.
Directed by Thor Freudenthal (Carnival Row, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Diary of a Wimpy Kid) and adapted by Nick Naveda, Words on Bathroom Walls follows Adam (Charlie Plummer), a young adult with raging hormones that has dreams of becoming a chef. Expelled halfway through his senior year, Adam is diagnosed with mental illness that he keeps secret at his new school. Living in constant fear of being exposed, Adam finds a connection with Maya (Taylor Russell), an outspoken and fiercely intelligent girl who inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition.
Directed by Thor Freudenthal (Carnival Row, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Diary of a Wimpy Kid) and adapted by Nick Naveda, Words on Bathroom Walls follows Adam (Charlie Plummer), a young adult with raging hormones that has dreams of becoming a chef. Expelled halfway through his senior year, Adam is diagnosed with mental illness that he keeps secret at his new school. Living in constant fear of being exposed, Adam finds a connection with Maya (Taylor Russell), an outspoken and fiercely intelligent girl who inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition.
- 7/30/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Roadside Attractions scheduled to release theatrically in Us on August 7.
Voltage Pictures is back in the Ya business and is continuing talks with international buyers on the Ya romance Words On Bathroom Walls starring Charlie Plummer.
Roadside Attractions is currently scheduled to release the film theatrically in the Us on August 7 and is partnering with Ld Entertainment.
Andy Garcia, AnnaSophia Robb and Taylor Russell also star in the story of a young man with dreams of becoming a chef who is diagnosed with schizophrenia and falls for a girl who teaches him how to live life to the full.
Thor Freudenthal...
Voltage Pictures is back in the Ya business and is continuing talks with international buyers on the Ya romance Words On Bathroom Walls starring Charlie Plummer.
Roadside Attractions is currently scheduled to release the film theatrically in the Us on August 7 and is partnering with Ld Entertainment.
Andy Garcia, AnnaSophia Robb and Taylor Russell also star in the story of a young man with dreams of becoming a chef who is diagnosed with schizophrenia and falls for a girl who teaches him how to live life to the full.
Thor Freudenthal...
- 6/29/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Ld Entertainment and Roadside Attractions have reteamed to release of the feature adaptation of Julia Walton’s Ya Novel Words on Bathroom Walls. The teen drama is set to debut nationwide August 7 and marks the first theatrical release for both companies since the coronavirus pandemic.
Directed by Thor Freudenthal and adapted by Nick Naveda, Words on Bathroom Walls follows Adam (Charlie Plummer), a young adult with raging hormones that has dreams of becoming a chef. Expelled halfway through his senior year, Adam is diagnosed with mental illness that he keeps secret at his new school. Living in constant fear of being exposed, Adam finds a connection with Maya (Taylor Russell), an outspoken and fiercely intelligent girl who inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition. With the love and support of his newfound romance and family,...
Directed by Thor Freudenthal and adapted by Nick Naveda, Words on Bathroom Walls follows Adam (Charlie Plummer), a young adult with raging hormones that has dreams of becoming a chef. Expelled halfway through his senior year, Adam is diagnosed with mental illness that he keeps secret at his new school. Living in constant fear of being exposed, Adam finds a connection with Maya (Taylor Russell), an outspoken and fiercely intelligent girl who inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition. With the love and support of his newfound romance and family,...
- 6/24/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Andy Garcia, Walton Goggins, and Molly Parker have joined the cast for the film adaptation of the high school drama “Words on Bathroom Walls.”
Ld Entertainment is producing and financing the project based on Julia Walton’s debut novel. Previous cast members announced include Charlie Plummer and AnnaSophia Robb.
The story follows a student, played by Plummer, navigating high school life while living with paranoid schizophrenia and battling wild hallucinations. An experimental drug trial promises to help hide his illness from his peers and, most importantly, from the girl of his dreams.
Garcia is playing the kind and unexpectedly witty priest at the private high school and Parker will portray the student’s devoted single mother. Goggins is his stepfather.
Thor Freudenthal will direct from Nick Naveda’s screenplay. Ld Entertainment’s Mickey Liddell and Pete Shilaimon will produce the pic.
Garcia will be seen next in “Book Club” and “Mamma Mia!
Ld Entertainment is producing and financing the project based on Julia Walton’s debut novel. Previous cast members announced include Charlie Plummer and AnnaSophia Robb.
The story follows a student, played by Plummer, navigating high school life while living with paranoid schizophrenia and battling wild hallucinations. An experimental drug trial promises to help hide his illness from his peers and, most importantly, from the girl of his dreams.
Garcia is playing the kind and unexpectedly witty priest at the private high school and Parker will portray the student’s devoted single mother. Goggins is his stepfather.
Thor Freudenthal will direct from Nick Naveda’s screenplay. Ld Entertainment’s Mickey Liddell and Pete Shilaimon will produce the pic.
Garcia will be seen next in “Book Club” and “Mamma Mia!
- 5/11/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Andy Garcia, Walton Goggins, and Molly Parker are the latest to join Ld Entertainment’s Words On Bathroom Walls, from director Thor Freudenthal. Based on Julia Walton’s debut novel, the story follows the character of Adam (played by Charlie Plummer) as he tries to navigate high school life while living with paranoid schizophrenia and battling wild hallucinations. Luckily, an experimental drug trial promises to help hide his illness from his peers and most importantly from Maya, the girl of his dreams.
Garcia is playing Father Patrick, the kind and unexpectedly witty priest at the private high school Adam attends. Parker will portray Adam’s devoted single mother who persistently studies everything to do with schizophrenia and believes that someday there will be a medication that will help her child. Goggins is playing Beth’s partner Paul, a decent and caring man who wants what is best for his stepson...
Garcia is playing Father Patrick, the kind and unexpectedly witty priest at the private high school Adam attends. Parker will portray Adam’s devoted single mother who persistently studies everything to do with schizophrenia and believes that someday there will be a medication that will help her child. Goggins is playing Beth’s partner Paul, a decent and caring man who wants what is best for his stepson...
- 5/11/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Alicia Coppola (Shameless) has been cast in Andrea Berloff’s New Line film, The Kitchen, starring Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, and Elisabeth Moss. Domhnall Gleeson, Margo Martindale, Bill Camp and Brian d’Arcy James also co-star in the DC/Vertigo comic book based film about wives of Irish mobsters who team up to take over running the business after their husbands are arrested and sent to prison. Michael De Luca is the producer on this project. Coppola, who recently recurred on NCIS: Los Angeles, will play Maria Coretti, the wife of mob boss played by Camp. The Kitchen bows in theaters September 20, 2019. Coppola is repped by Leslie Allan-Rice Management, Kazarian/Measures/Ruskin & Associates, and attorney Derek Kroeger.
Devon Bostick is set for a supporting role in the film adaptation of Julia Walton’s debut novel, Words On Bathroom Walls, which Thor Freudenthal is directing. Written by Nick Naveda,...
Devon Bostick is set for a supporting role in the film adaptation of Julia Walton’s debut novel, Words On Bathroom Walls, which Thor Freudenthal is directing. Written by Nick Naveda,...
- 4/27/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
AnnaSophia Robb is set to co-star opposite Charlie Plummer (All the Money in the World) and Taylor Russell (Lost in Space) in the Thor Freudenthal-directed film adaptation of Words On Bathroom Walls, based on Julia Walton’s debut novel. Plummer plays Adam, a high schooler living with paranoid schizophrenia and battling wild hallucinations. Luckily, an experimental drug trial promises to help hide his illness from his peers and most importantly from Maya, the girl of his dreams. Robb will play Rebecca, one of the main characters in Adam’s hallucinations who acts as a conduit for the feelings that he cannot express. Nick Naveda wrote the screenplay which Ld Entertainment financing and Mickey Liddell and Pete Shilaimon are producing. Robb, whose upcoming projects include the supernatural drama, Down A Dark Hall for Lionsgate, Freakshow, produced by Drew Barrymore’s Flower Films, and the PBS Civil War mini-series Mercy Street,...
- 4/16/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Charlie Plummer, who starred opposite Michelle Williams and the Oscar-nominated Christopher Plummer in All the Money in the World, is set to have a very busy year. Along with his latest film Lean on Pete debuting on April 6, he's booked lead roles in indie films Words on Bathroom Walls and Gully.
Words on Bathroom Walls will be helmed by Thor Freudenthal (Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Diary of a Wimpy Kid) from a script by Nick Naveda. Plummer will play Adam, a young man diagnosed with schizophrenia, who enrolls at a new school. He starts taking a new medication,...
Words on Bathroom Walls will be helmed by Thor Freudenthal (Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Diary of a Wimpy Kid) from a script by Nick Naveda. Plummer will play Adam, a young man diagnosed with schizophrenia, who enrolls at a new school. He starts taking a new medication,...
- 3/12/2018
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Ld Entertainment is mounting a film adaptation of Julia Walton's debut novel Words On Bathroom Walls, with Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters helmer Thor Freudenthal attached to direct from a screenplay by Nick Naveda. The story centers around Adam as he tries to navigate high school life while living with paranoid schizophrenia and battling wild hallucinations. His distracting visions take turns acting as supportive friends one moment and…...
- 2/22/2018
- Deadline
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