The Ultimate Gift
2006 · Movie · PG · 114 min · ★ 7.6 · 41% critics
A spoiled young man expects a huge inheritance when his wealthy grandfather dies, but instead receives a strict challenge. To earn any money, he must complete a series of tasks that push him out of his comfort zone and force him to rethink what success, work, and relationships really mean.
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Details
- Years
- 2006
- Release date
- 2007-03-09
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 41/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (508 votes)
About
If you enjoy heartfelt, family-friendly dramas about personal growth and giving, this may land well, especially if you liked Miracles from Heaven or American Underdog; Not for you if you dislike sentimental, message-forward stories.
Pros: uplifting life-lesson story; family-friendly tone; tearjerker moments | Cons: uneven acting; clunky message; inconsistent mood shifts
Themes
- grandparent grandchild relationship
- leukemia
- wealth
- cancer
- inheritance
- single mother
- inheritance fight
- inheritance challenge
- dead grandfather
- terminal cancer
- mother daughter relationship
- childhood cancer
Cast & crew
Drew Fuller
as Jason Stevens
Abigail Breslin
as Emily Rose
James Garner
as Howard 'Red' Stevens
Bill Cobbs
as Ted Hamilton
Ali Hillis
as Alexia
Lee Meriwether
as Miss Hastings
Brian Dennehy
as Gus
Brett Rice
as Bill Stevens
D. David Morin
as Jack Stevens
Mircea Monroe
as Caitlin
Directed by Michael O. Sajbel