Thanks for the memories!

Powerful

Excellent but underrated film

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Ridiculous plot + horrendous acting equals an un-watchable movie.

There are very few movies that can really move you to tears. This is once such wonderful movie. I never have heard of this movie till recently. It is very moving, teaching the values of life, other than money. One of the gems I watched over all these years. Please see this superb movie with family, especially with your kids.

This is a great movie it is great for life lessons and to learn what is the best way to live. I f u haven't seen this movie I think you should because you won't be disappointed in any way. At first I was like ugh this is going to be a boring movie but after the first ten minutes i was in to it and i was amazed on how good the actors did and how good they expressed their emotions. I gave it a 10 because on how organized the movie is and how good the actors were. I especially loved how they showed a change in this kid named Jason i won't tel you what change he made that will be for you to see your selves i hope you watch the movie soon and enjoy it!!

I really enjoyed this film and while I didn't shed actual tears, there were moments that were extremely heartfelt. It is well worth a viewing, especially for those who enjoy a good tearjerker/drama. I had two problems with the film: The first was that the relationship between the lead character and the little girl's mom was not developed fully. There was no chemistry between them, yet they somehow end up together. There should have been more tension built there, so that you are cheering them on to get together - perhaps they could have only been pretending to like one another for the kids' sake and then they eventually fall in love. But the film doesn't show us how and why and when they fall in love. So that plot-line was very thin. The second issue I had was that the "12 Gifts" were not really clear. At the end with the titles, we are shown what the 12 gifts were (the gift of laughter, the gift of gratitude etc..) but not all of these were gifts that RED could have anticipated, nor that he necessarily even had a hand in creating. To my mind, it should have been crystal clear what the gifts were and how RED was making them happen.Other than that, it was a great Sunday afternoon film!