The Ultimate Gift

The Ultimate Gift (2007)

  • 32% of critics liked it
    (59 reviews)

  • 84% of users liked it
    (39,446 ratings)

Filmmaker Michael O. Sajbel explores the relationship between wealth and happiness with this spiritual-minded tale about a privileged young man who receives a most unexpected inheritance. Adapted from the best-selling book by author Jim Stovall, The Ultimate Gift opens as trust-fund baby Jason… More

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PG,
Directed By
Written By
Cheryl McKay
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Oct 20, 2006 Wide
Fox Faith

Critic Reviews

  • Lou Lumenick, New York Post

    This new film moves along smoothly until Grandpa's most preposterous mission - which needlessly drags out the movie -- takes Jason to a severely caricatured Ecuador.

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    I think urban sophisticates can be people of faith who want to see movies, occasionally, that don't have the four-letter words, and I do embrace religion, but I think they have to be better than this.

  • Erin Clements, Time Out New York

    If you missed the money-isn't-everything message, an end-credits recap outlines the story's salient points -- if you'd known, you could've skipped the rest.

  • , Boston Globe

    Christian charity, in this movie, seems like a side-effect of capitalism.

  • Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

    [James] Garner is good, and so is Brian Dennehy as a crusty ranch owner; Abigail Breslin, playing a leukemia patient, demonstrates that she was not a one-note wonder in Little Miss Sunshine.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • John M


    Heartwarming, Heartbreaking, tender and tough. This is a movie worth watching by anyone of any age. There truly is more to life than money.

  • Cynthia S


    Wonderful wholesome movie that grabs at your heart strings. The little girl Abigail Breslin (Emily Rose) is such a joy to watch. She has so much spunk, and talent, for such a young girl. The movie overall was great from beginning to end. I suggest you have a tissue box next to you… More

  • Alexander D


    I vaguely remember seeing this, and it wasn't anything new. Just a typical family movie: cute kid, one parent gone, family issue, parent and other main character hook up. That's the gist of it. Sound familiar?

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    Drew Fuller, Abigal Breslin, Ali Hillis, James Garner, Brian Dennehy, Bill Cobbs, Lee Meriwether When his wealthy grandfather dies, trust fund baby Jason Stevens anticipates a big inheritance. Instead, his grandfather has devised a crash course on life with 12 tasks--or… More

  • Leigh R


    Really cute.

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