after the death of the oil tycoon howard red stevens ( james garner ) and his greedy family be gather in the office of his lawyer and partner and friend mr. theophillis ted hamilton ( bill cobbs ) and his associated miss hastings ( lee meriwether ) for read the will . for his reckless and selfish grandson jason stevens ( draw fuller ) and who hat him and red assigns twelve apparently simple task call gift of work and money and friend and learning and problem and family and laughter and dream and give and gratitude and a day and love challenge the playboy jason to a journey of discovery . when he meet the leukemic girl emily ( abigail breslin ) and her mother alexia ( ali hillis ) and jason change his perspective of life and money and supersede the expectation of red and improve and become a good man and receive the ultimate gift from his wise grandfather . what a wonderful surprise the ultimate gift be . this simple little movie have a magnificent story of discovery and friendship and family value and redemption and love and support by awesome performance highlight the girl abigail breslin and whose witty dialog make the viewer laugh and cry . do not pay attention in the bad review in imdb and and you will see a pleasant movie with a beautiful message . my vote be eight . title ( brazil ) represent o presente ( the gift ) .