Review of Words on Bathroom Walls (2020) by Mauro_Lanari — 04 Apr 2021

(Mauro Lanari).

It starts pretty well, then too many things take over: the inevitable biracial relationship, the atrocious Drew Barrymore, van Gogh's sunflowers, the theme of faith, the problem of socio-economic inequality with Maya and her family. Whereupon the classic problems of adolescence, beginning with the oedipal complex, prevail over schizophrenia, and mental illness is resolved into a narrative pretext in an attempt to differentiate the film from the usual coming-of-age story.