Poison Candy vs The Optimist
Poison Candy 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 49m. Poison Candy is the older of the two (2022 against 2023). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Poison Candy
The Optimist| Poison Candy | The Optimist | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, Thriller | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | A.D. Scott, DeMarcus Bailey | Finn Taylor |
| Main cast | Kenny Gardner, Richard Hashaway, Brandon Medlock, Sophia Knolton, Jarric Tucker | Stephen Lang, Robin Weigert, Elsie Fisher, Luke David Blumm, Stephanie Heiner |
Synopsis
Poison Candy
Love scammer Candy, promises her crew one last con before swearing off the game, but what happens when the target turns out to be "the one".
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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