The Ultimate Life

Jason Stevens is a wealthy man struggling to run the foundation and company his late grandfather left him. His family keeps suing him over the inheritance, the woman he loves is slipping away, and he has little time for what matters to him. When he reads his grandfather Red's journal, he becomes absorbed in the story of how Red rose from poverty in Louisiana to become a Texas oil baron, and begins to rethink what he values.

The Ultimate Life is a drama with romantic elements, released in 2013 and running 105 minutes. Michael Landon Jr. directed it from a screenplay by Lisa G. Shillingburg, Cheryl McKay and Brian Bird, and it followed When Calls the Heart among the films he directed in that period. Logan Bartholomew plays Jason, with Peter Fonda as Jacob Early, Bill Cobbs as Ted Hamilton, Ali Hillis as Alexia, Lee Meriwether as Mrs. Hastings and David Mann as Hobo Joe, among a credited cast of 20. Made for about 3 million dollars, the film returned roughly 1 million at the worldwide box office.

On IMDb it holds 6.1 out of 10 from around 2,000 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 7 out of 10 from a much smaller pool of 96 votes.