Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

Glimmerubro It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Tony Griffen I cannot believe some of the critical comments here. If you expected The Godfather, Steel Magnolias, or The Deer Hunter, this is NOT your movie. This is a family, Christmas, feel-good tear jerker. This is not a movie you later discuss with your friends over Chardonnay and cheese. Sure it is predictable, but all Christmas movies are. Abigail Breslin steals the show as young Emily. She is delightful. Someone commented she is preachy at times. If that surprises you, you have never seen children before. Yes, she is preachy, but in a delightful way. Perhaps it is not the best movie in its genre, but it is warm and pleasant to watch for the family. It's a Christmas movie.

nikki-vancoller I really enjoyed this film and while I didn't shed actual tears, there were moments that were extremely heartfelt. It is well worth a viewing, especially for those who enjoy a good tearjerker/drama. I had two problems with the film: The first was that the relationship between the lead character and the little girl's mom was not developed fully. There was no chemistry between them, yet they somehow end up together. There should have been more tension built there, so that you are cheering them on to get together - perhaps they could have only been pretending to like one another for the kids' sake and then they eventually fall in love. But the film doesn't show us how and why and when they fall in love. So that plot-line was very thin. The second issue I had was that the "12 Gifts" were not really clear. At the end with the titles, we are shown what the 12 gifts were (the gift of laughter, the gift of gratitude etc..) but not all of these were gifts that RED could have anticipated, nor that he necessarily even had a hand in creating. To my mind, it should have been crystal clear what the gifts were and how RED was making them happen.Other than that, it was a great Sunday afternoon film!

lagudafuad The ultimate gift is a subtly movie that plays with the human sensitivity and leaves you wanting more, I did enjoy this movie more than I expected to. After seeing the bad ratings it got, it took me more than 6 years to see this movie but after seeing it I wonder why I waited so long.The movie had something I did enjoy, which is the beautiful scenery it displayed although the plot is quite predictable, as you can guess from the start how some events were going to end, but the scenery and the shots will take you by storm. The cinematography of the movie was nice enough to make you know that a considerable amount of money went into this movie's production.The movie is based on a bestselling novel of the same name written by blind novelist Jim Stovall. The movie was funded by a financial group with the intension of busting customer patronage which actually worked for them.The movie/book is about 12 gifts that a man wants his grandson to acquire, the gifts were work, friends, money, family, learning, problems, laughter, giving, gratitude, a day, loving and dreams. The aim of this, was because Jason (Drew Fuller) was a spoilt brat, who has never worked a day in his life and doesn't know the value of the 12 gifts, so his grandfather after his death decided to take him through a life lesson that he will not forget easily, with the hope that at the end Jason will come to value and understand those gifts.To help him along the way, Jason met a friend named Emily (Abigail Breslin), who helped to achieve his grandfather's goal.Drew Fuller plays the lead Jason and to be honest, the moment I saw him was like "isn't that Chris Halliwell from the television series Charmed" because I have to be honest after Charmed I don't remember seeing Drew anywhere else. Bill Cobbs is getting old but you can see from the movie that old age has nothing to do with talent because he did deliver and the movie gave him a sweet assistant that was just like the mother to the protagonist, since the protagonist mother was busy with her younger lovers.Ultimate Gift can be seen as a cheesy film that plays on your emotions, but it is a nice film one many should watch and enjoy.www.lagsreviews.com

EveIsBored The Ultimate Gift, a drama directed by Michael O. Sajbel and released in 2006, tells the story of a thoroughly spoiled and rebellious man Jason, whose dying grandfather decides to put him through a series of obstacles, leading to what he calls 'the ultimate gift'. However, Jason soon realizes that the old man is trying to teach him not only how to be a successful businessman, but also a good person. The film has a rather beautiful idea: a man tries hard to get his grandfather's money yet at the end realizes that money isn't what matters in life. However, 'The Ultimate Gift' completely fails to execute this idea. It has all too many plot twists (a girl dying from leukemia, Jason unexpectedly falling in love with the girl's mother, etc.) that seem as if they belong to a soap opera, not a family film. It also tries to show us too many events – the film focuses on Jason being kidnapped by a gang in the forest, trying to find the place where his father died, stalking his ex-girlfriend and such – whereas it completely neglects character development. It is due to this that many of the characters' decisions seem hard to believe or simply absurd. Also, the film might seem a little hypocritical as it spends a lot of time attempting to prove that money only does good when given away to the poor (otherwise it just corrupts a person), yet at the end Jason still ends up gaining billions of dollars from his grandfather and not being unhappy with it. Still, it could be said that the film ought to be praised for its positiveness. It tries to preach the ideas of love and acceptance and has the happy ending that seems mandatory for all American dramas – Jason falls in love with the girl's mother and ends up owning a company that is worth billions of dollars. Maybe someone who could relate to the characters in the film would find the movie to be a more touching experience. I, on the other hand, found this film's plot to be too contrived and irksome. The acting was also mediocre at best (particularly Drew Fuller's, who is quite probably the blandest male lead I've ever seen). My advice would be to skip this flick if you want to see something interesting and thought-provoking. However, if you enjoy all these sugar-sweet generic dramas, you might enjoy it.