12 Gifts Leading to The Ultimate Gift

The Ultimate Gift is a feel-good movie based on the bestselling novel by Jim Stovall. I had the chance to watch the movie last week. Before that I did some research on the movie and found that it had low ratings from critics and reviews. This was surprising, because judging from the plot of the story, the movie was hardly anything but good.

What's more is that the critics and reviewers gave low ratings because the movie was too sweet for their tastes! Ha! So does this mean that Disney movies get low ratings too?! I think I can say that the Disney movies are sweeter than The Ultimate Gift.

The movie centers on the relationship of a business tycoon and his gone-wild grandson, who is shown to have harbored angry feelings for his grandfather. Red Stevens (James Garner), though, only has love for his grandson. Wanting to reach out to him, he concocts a plan for Jason Stevens (Drew Fuller from Charmed) to go through a "journey of gifts" which will ultimately lead him to the ultimate gift that his grandfather left for him:

• The Gift of Work
• The Gift of Problems
• The Gift of Friends
• The Gift of Giving
• The Gift of Gratitude
• The Gift of Family
• The Gift of Learning
• The Gift of Money
• The Gift of Laughter
• The Gift of a Day
• The Gift of Dreams
• The Gift of Love

I think we can all guess what the ultimate gift is. These twelve gifts make up that one gift that made a big difference to Jason Stevens: a life of happiness, appreciation, and love. Red Stevens also left $100 million to his grandson, giving Jason the biggest portion of the tycoon's wealth (which is great because his relatives are all stuck-ups).