Forgiveness Girl vs The Optimist
Forgiveness Girl has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for The Optimist). The Optimist is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 1h 51m. The Optimist is the older of the two (2023 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Forgiveness Girl
The Optimist| Forgiveness Girl | The Optimist | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 51m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Drama, Family | Drama |
| Country | US | – |
| Director | Rob Diamond | Finn Taylor |
| Main cast | Walter Platz, Scarlett Diamond, Mia Hansen, Melinda Yeaman | Stephen Lang, Robin Weigert, Elsie Fisher, Luke David Blumm, Stephanie Heiner |
Synopsis
Forgiveness Girl
A little girl with cerebral palsy is relentlessly bullied throughout her life, yet finds it in her heart to forgive by seeking strength from a higher source above.
The Optimist
Herbert Heller keeps his experience as a teenage boy surviving in Auschwitz hidden from his family. Until he meets Abby, a young teenager whose own brush with pain and death inspires him to open up as well, leading the two of them to exchange their stories as a meaningful and healing friendship is born.
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