Movie Review

The Ultimate Gift (2007)

Reviewed by Gregory Kirschling | Mar 14, 2007

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Details Release Date: Mar 09, 2007; Rated: PG; Length: 114 Minutes; Genre: Drama; With: Abigail Breslin

$AIN\'T NO \'SUNSHINE\' After her Oscar nom, Breslin returns in Gift, a miss by more than just a little$

AIN'T NO 'SUNSHINE' After her Oscar nom, Breslin returns in Gift, a miss by more than just a little

A billionaire geezer (James Garner) dies, leaving behind video messages introducing 12 ''gifts'' — i.e., tests — meant to teach his brat grandson (Drew Fuller) how to value life. So The Ultimate Gift is kind of like a feel-good Saw for churchgoers, minus the sadistic games of death. Not that overtly religious, just shameless, the movie picks up when our hero befriends Abigail Breslin as a cutie with leukemia. Then it nose-dives when he hits South America, where he is held hostage by banditos. Is that another test or just poor travel planning?

Originally posted Mar 14, 2007 Published in issue #926 Mar 23, 2007 Order article reprints

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