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"At first they thought there was something wrong with my eyes," Adam tells us. But his vision is not the problem. Adam, a high school senior played by Charlie Plummer, is seeing things that are not there because something is wrong with his brain. He has schizophrenia, a serious mental illness that can include aural and visual hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior. In other words, all of the data we constantly absorb to understand what is happening around us and then use to respond, including judgments about basic safety and how many people are in the room, can be distorted for people with schizophrenia. Adam, for example, is in his school chemistry lab working on an experiment with his best friend when suddenly it seems to him that he is being attacked. He then knocks over a vial of chemicals, burning his friend's arm so badly he needs a skin graft, creating such a disturbance that he is thrown out of school.

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Sister Catherine is willing to give Adam a chance, but she is firm about his grades, staying on his medications and being informed on the progress of his illness. Maya (Taylor Russell) is a brilliant student but has side hustles to make money. Maya meets Adam in the boys' bathroom where she is making a deal to write an essay for someone. He needs help to keep up his grades and convinces his mom to hire Maya who has already been chosen as the valedictorian of their class.

Adam is struggling and one day wanders into the confessional in the school chapel. Although he is not Catholic, he approaches Father Patrick (Andy Garcia) there and seems comforted by the priest's words. When things become difficult, Adam visits Father Patrick in the chapel and the priest gently and realistically advises him.

One of the most heartbreaking moments in the film is when Adam tells us that "cancer kids" get a last wish but kids with mental illnesses are just ignored. While Sister Catherine is perhaps rightfully stern, Father Patrick becomes another voice in Adam's world who uses few words and shows faith, strength and compassion.

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