The Ultimate Gift

Great movie

Excellent movie!

This movie starts slow and it has its issues but I really liked it. I thought the male lead was perfectly cast.

This is an amazing movie that teaches life’s most important lesson. I suggest you buy it immediately, you won’t be sorry.

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The Ultimate Gift is a 2006 film directed by Michael Sajbel and based on a novel of the same name by Jim Stovall. The plot involves a rich young man named Jason Stevens who undergoes an obstacle course set up by his dead grandfather, Ray Stevens. If he jumps through all the hoops properly, he will get his share of the inheritance. The Stevens are a spoiled, sophisticated family known for their extravagant and fashionable livestyles. Like Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind, they don't know how good they've got it. Most of them (particulary Jason's two uncles) are rude, pathetic, arrogant, annoying and discontent. Some of their familes have serious marital and moral problems but it's always difficult to feel sorry for sinners when they live in lavish mansions.Mr. Ray Stevens has just so arranged that all Jason's luxuries are taken away so he will learn the value of work. While Jason is on the streets, he meets a single mother named Alexia who is struggling to pay the doctor's bills for her sickly daughter Emily. For the first time, Jason feels sorry for someone besides himself and endeavours to help them.Drew Fuller (Jason) does an excellent job showing the gradual transformation from a rude, self-centered punk to a mature, thoughtful and well-mannered gentleman. Brian Dennehy is also eye-catching in a small supporting role as a cowboy. The rest of the cast, on the other hand, just seem to be doing their jobs. The only actor I can think of who stands out like a sore thumb is Abigail Breslin (Emily), who seems to say her lines in an awkward, machine-line tone. James Garner doesn't have much to do, since his role is a cameo. He is just such a big iconic name so Hollywood figured having him in this movie would draw the masses to the theaters.The dialogue is occasionally a bit clunky (Would Jason's uncle really threaten his lawyer on him simply for not telling him about his inheritance?) and some of the sequence of events could have been better explained (Why did the policeman take Jason away from the resturaunt when he was watching his former girlfriend warm up to another man?) but I give the movie five stars simply because I feel like it has a potentially great story to work with.For all of it's faults (mainly average, unexceptional performances and occasionally trite lines) The Ultimate Gift is one of the better of the "Hallmark" values films, due to it's great messages of self-sacrifice, courage and friendship.Five Stars.

OK story. Wife loves it and kept it on our DVR for years. Bought the DVD to free up space.

I was fortunate to discover The Ultimate Gift on the Hallmark Channel this past holiday season, and I must admit, it was one of the most surprising, moving, and entertaining films I've ever enjoyed...and seeing it available to own on DVD, I simply can't recommend it highly enough! First off, let me assure you, it isn't a 'Christmas'-themed movie, so don't avoid it if you fear it will be laced with Holiday Carols and St. Nick...but it DOES have a spiritual message, reminiscent of Lloyd Douglas' Magnificent Obsession and the recent Pay It Forward, that if we can look past ourselves, and willingly risk everything for others, our lives, and those we touch, will be infinitely richer...and a powerhouse cast, headed by James Garner, Drew Fuller, and Abigail Breslin, 'deliver the goods' flawlessly!Garner, seen only in 'video', is a deceased multimillionaire whose greedy offspring gather like vultures to take everything. Grandson Fuller is little better than the rest, but he legitimately has a reason for the chip on his shoulder; when he was a child, his father died working at a Garner third-world humanitarian project, and Fuller lost all interest in life, living a wastral existence, fired with hatred at the grandfather.Garner leaves a mysterious video message for Fuller, that his inheritance will be given when he successfully completes a few tasks, supervised by family lawyer Hamilton (Bill Cobbs) and his secretary, Miss Hastings (Lee Meriweather). Grudgingly, Fuller agrees, and the actual adventure begins, as the young man learns life lessons on hard work and dedication (from Garner's lifelong friend, a rancher played by the terrific Brian Dennehy), and the value of true friends, from a dying girl (Breslin), and her courageous mother (Ali Hillis). Fuller learns, the hard way, that you can't 'fake' friendship, and about the love and hope both his father and grandfather offered the people in war-torn Equador, where his father died. Nearly losing his own life, he discovers the true values he'd so long ignored.While the finale, the final chapter of the film, may seem a bit too fantastic, it ties up the storyline beautifully (reminding me a bit of the early Garner film, Cash McCall), and is so fabulous, you may, like me, just say "Wow!"An AMAZING film, one you simply shouldn't miss!

It's a b movie but with tonnes of heart. A great movie to watch with preteens and teens. I found it and watched it with my oldest grandkids...it was getting late so I said let's go to Bex and finish it in the morning. I got up the next day and they had already finished watching it. We talked about the lessons and a lot of other themes. So I bought it from Amazon for my other grandkids to watch and discuss. I am very blessed to have 10 grandkids. 1 years to 15 years.

Le DVD ne fonctionne pas sur mon lecteur DVD ! Comme "Kit Kittredge,an american girl"!

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A movie we watch as a family and enjoy. The value of family and work is a balance all need to find and treasure. And for youth especially, true friendship.

visto con i sottotitoli in inglese, un peccato non avere la versione in italiano. Molti film sono divertenti d'azione sentimentali. questo ci lascia dei valori importanti.