Origin vs The Optimist
Origin has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for The Optimist). Origin is the shorter watch at 5m compared with 1h 42m. The Optimist is the older of the two (2023 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Origin
The Optimist| Origin | The Optimist | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2023 |
| Length | 5m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Drama, Horror | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joby Stephens | Finn Taylor |
| Main cast | Immy Taylor, Emma Hutchings | Stephen Lang, Robin Weigert, Elsie Fisher, Luke David Blumm, Stephanie Heiner |
Synopsis
Origin
1896. Left behind in the family manor, young Mary plays hide and seek with the servant, Beth. But as the game unfolds, she realises Beth isn’t the only one searching for her… Something else is lurking in the dark. And it’s ready to play.
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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