The Ultimate Gift
Life is how you live it... not how you spend it.
Life is how you live it... not how you spend it.
Drama, Family, Romance
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2007
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When his wealthy grandfather finally dies, Jason Stevens fully expects to benefit when it comes to the reading of the will. But instead of a sizable inheritance, Jason receives a test, a series of tasks he must complete before he can get any money.
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Details
Runtime:
114 min
Release date:
9 Mar 2007
Country:
US
Languages:
Spanish, English
Budget:
$9,000,000
Revenue:
$3,438,735
Awards:
4 wins & 1 nomination total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
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.
– Lou Lumenick,
New York Post,
22 Aug 2007
rotten:
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.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
20 Mar 2007
rotten:
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.
– Erin Clements,
Time Out New York,
17 Mar 2007
fresh:
[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.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
15 Mar 2007
rotten:
The Ultimate Gift is kind of like a feel-good Saw for churchgoers, minus the sadistic games of death.
– Gregory Kirschling,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Mar 2007