My Little Grandma vs The Optimist
My Little Grandma 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 59m. The Optimist is the older of the two (2023 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
My Little Grandma
The Optimist| My Little Grandma | The Optimist | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 59m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Drama, Family | Drama |
| Country | VN | – |
| Director | Khương Ngọc | Finn Taylor |
| Main cast | Hồng Đào, Hữu Châu, Việt Hương, Lê Khánh, Băng Di | Stephen Lang, Robin Weigert, Elsie Fisher, Luke David Blumm, Stephanie Heiner |
Synopsis
My Little Grandma
When her daughter abandons the family, a devoted grandmother becomes the sole caregiver of her beloved grandson — her “little treasure” — finding hope and purpose in their simple, love-filled life.
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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