![]() In his first feature assignment since 2013’s “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters,” Freudenthal hasn’t quite the directorial delicacy to elevate proceedings to “Perks of Being a Wallflower” levels of intimacy and personality, but “Words” should find a devoted young following - if not in theaters, where it’s scheduled to open on Friday, then eventually on VOD. If “Words on Bathroom Walls” hits you in the heart in the end - thanks in no small measure to the radiant gifts of Plummer and Russell - there’s a sheen of glibness to be peeled away first. ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet Thor Freudenthal’s film isn’t quite as clear of Hollywood formula as it may think: It’s still one of those teen movies where even social outcasts are more beautiful, clear-skinned and on-cue witty than real life usually permits them to be, where adults come through with wise, perfectly scripted counsel in the nick of time, and where the admirable depiction of a complex, frightening psychological condition is still leavened by simpler love-conquers-all sentiment. ![]()
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