The Ultimate Gift Critic Reviews

Although cynics likely will reject The Ultimate Gift as warmed-over Capra-corn, this predictable but pleasant drama based on Jim Stovall's popular novel may be prized by those with a taste for inspirational uplift and heart-tugging sentiment.Read the full review

There's nothing wrong with the moral of The Ultimate Gift's story; in fact there's everything right about it. But director Michael O. Sajbel too often succumbs to movie-of-the-week sentimentality and starchy pacing. Still, Breslin's captivating performance reminds you why she was recently nominated for an Oscar.Read the full review

The film constantly teeters on the fulcrum of its own treacly good intentions and simplistic parable-like storytelling, and the extent that it stays balanced is largely thanks to its agile cast.Read the full review

"Gift" comes across as a television-ready effort that would work perfectly for Hallmark.Read the full review

The message is clear almost immediately: charity not vanity.Read the full review

Kind of like a feel-good "Saw" for churchgoers, minus the sadistic games of death.Read the full review