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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 292
Released: August 21, 2007 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
When his wealthy grandfather dies, trust fund baby Jason Stevens inherits his grandfather's crash course on life: 12 tasks-or gifts-designed to challenge Jason in improbable ways. The "course" sends Jason on a journey of self-discovery that forces him to reevaluate his priorities and determine what he thinks the most important things in life really are.
Description of The Ultimate Gift:
The Ultimate Gift is a tale of one man's tumultuous journey toward personal growth and fulfillment. Surrounded in life, and death, by avaricious family members fueled by a sense of entitlement, billionaire Red Stevens (James Garner) wants to bequeath at least one member of his extended family "the ultimate gift": something he perceives as immensely more valuable than material wealth. Red's arrogant grandson Jason (Drew Fuller) holds a deep-seated hatred for his newly-deceased grandfather, so he's surprised to learn from his grandfather's friend and lawyer Mr. Hamilton (Bill Cobbs) and assistant Miss Hastings (Lee Meriwether) that he's been mentioned in his late grandfather's will. Far from a straightforward gift of cash, land, or stock, Red's bequest comes in the form of a series of mysterious recorded instructions, the first of which requires Jason to hop on a plane for Texas the very next morning without a hint of the trip's purpose or the nature of the gift that awaits him. Dropped into a life of hard physical labor on a ranch in the middle of nowhere, Jason's bad-tempered fury eventually turns to resignation and he finds himself engaged in, and even taking pride in, the first real manual labor he's ever done in his life. Unbeknownst to him, his journey toward claiming the ultimate gift has only just begun. When he returns from Texas, Jason finds his home cleared out, his car confiscated, and instructions to produce one true friend. While Jason is reduced to sleeping in the park, a young child name Emily (Abigail Breslin) and her mother Alexia (Ali Hillis) make his acquaintance and lead him to re-examine his personal prejudices and perceptions of what's truly important in life. Jason's journey of self-discovery continues throughout a series of other trying experiences and, in the end, Grandpa Red's "ultimate gift" of life lessons profoundly and permanently improves the quality of Jason's life. What's more, Jason's new perspective of his place in society has a very positive affect on the larger community. This very powerful film is funny, heartbreaking, and intensely thought-provoking. --Tami Horiuchi
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The Ultimate Gift Reviews:
The Ultimate Gift 
2009-10-08 - A touching video about learning to see beyond oneself at the big picture of life and impacting one person at a time along the way. Guarranteed to touch your heart...
A HAVE TO SEE MOVIE FOR EVERYONE!!!
2009-09-09 - I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT THE FIRST TIME I SAW THIS MOVIE IT WAS BORROWED FROM THE LIBRARY. I LOVED IT SO MUCH THAT I DIDNT EVEN WAIT TO FIND IT ON THE WEB AND ORDER IT. IT MAKES YOU LAUGH AS YOU CRY AT THIS SERIOUS STORY LINE. I DONT REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I LOVED A MOVIE THIS MUCH FOR THE MESSEGE IT SENDS TO YOU!
DVD The Ultimate Gift
2009-08-25 - This is a wonderful movie that we enjoyed as a family. We ordered this one as a "Stocking Stuffer" gift for our daughter. It came well packaged and promptly. I would recommend this movie to anyone who appreciates a good story, well acted and without profanity. Gene
Cute 
2009-08-11 - I liked this show. It had a good message, and was unpredictable at times, which is always good. But it was a little cheesy. The acting wasn't the best. It seemed like it was trying too hard to be touching, which made it slightly cheesy. But I definitely liked it for a one-time watch.
surprising quality
2009-08-11 - This story was a pleasant surprise! No bad language, no bodies rolling in the sack, no sinister evil villans but a realistic and captivating story of character development and change.
