The Optimist (2026)
Movie20261h 42mEnglish
Our verdict
Too early to call
Not enough audience ratings yet. Check back after more viewers have rated it.
Based on the TMDB audience score from 4 ratings.
Movie review: The Optimist
The Optimist is a film from 2026. It is catalogued under Drama.
Story
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.
Audience reaction
TMDB records an audience rating of 6.8/10 based on 4 votes.
Production
Release date: March 11, 2026 · Runtime: 102 minutes · Original language: English
Official trailer
Cast
Stephen Lang
Elsie Fisher
Luke David Blumm
Robin Weigert
Leah Pipes
Ben Geurens
Ursula Parker
Slavko Sobin
Stella Stocker
Oskar Hes
Up next
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank…
Read next review →
