"A sparse, fearless, beautiful no-budget indy film. Truth is reborn and honored in Final Gifts, a love story of the human condition. The soul of a woman meets the soul of a woman, and the music is as sweet as it is harrowing, and the knowing is made precious in the honest powerful engagement with the mystery of another human being. Final Gifts pierces unspeakable darkness with the tender light of being."
    -Mark Imbrie, Psy.D., Psychotherapist

"A terribly important film, heartening and moving, a brilliant work of art, I sobbed for the final 10 minutes.   I don't know how anyone could watch Final Gifts and not come away more aware, more outraged, more healed, more
motivated to change the world. "
    -David Bills, counselor, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

"Final gifts is a compelling work of art which presents us with the undying power of love, and causes us to reflect deeply on the world we live in. " 
    -Stephanie  Kaper-Dale, pastor, Reformed Church of America, NJ  

"So much is covered in this story, very simply, it’s brutally beautiful—the pain builds and builds and builds until it finds release in the end and leaves us filled with hope and love.   How much can the human spirit endure?   Our petty daily problems turn to dust."
    -Lynne Hjelmgaard, poet, Copenhagen, Denmark

"I am going to buy fifteen or twenty copies of Final Gifts as soon as it is available, and give them to friends and family, because I believe it is a very important and valuable film for everyone to see."
    -David Brahinsky, Ph.D., professor, Bucks County College, PA

"Final Gifts: a wonderful piece of very human, creative, compassionate, and powerful energy that keeps you hanging on each word." 
    -Krystal Imbrie, LCSW, trauma specialist, Newton, NJ
       
"I was so touched and moved by the ideas, the two actresses, the starkly beautiful setting, camera work and music.   I have not been so moved by a film since The Deer Slayer."
     -Benjamin Moore, architect, Martha’s Vineyard, MA

"I watched the end with tears streaming down my face. I’m crying again as I write this.  Someday I may have an intellectual response.  Not today."
    -Eric Cohen, communications manager, Sag Harbor, NY
 
"Final Gifts is one of those painful, but important films to see, to help us understand what people endure in this world.   It puts a human face on suffering. "
    -Carolyn Wolff-Gould, M.D., Oneonta, NY

"What moved me most was the lesson that deep traumas can be shared and healed if we can find a way to open our hearts. "                
    -Christopher Gould, M.D., Oneonta, NY

"To see the healing power that two suffering humans can bring to each other, by being fully present for each other, challenges my criteria about who is capable of being a healer. As Bonhoeffer said, "Only the suffering God can help."  Final Gifts makes me think that the face of that suffering God is sometimes the face of a woman in El Salvador or Nazi-controlled Poland."
    -Seth Kaper-Dale, pastor, Reformed Church of America, NJ

"The only other film I can think of that is this ambitious is 'My Dinner With Andre'.   I am absolutely floored by your growth as a film director."
    -Mark Herman, editor, Hollywood, CA
      
"...a beautiful and painful story-- so many raw and tender moments..." 
    -Molly Imbrie, student, Mequon, Wisconsin

"I found Final Gifts to be intensely moving, gut-wrenching, with tremendous emotional energy, demonstrating that talent requires only a minimum of characters and props to shine through brilliantly. "   
    -Ben Johnson, filmmaker, Roosevelt, NJ

"Examining the heart of what it means to be moral, Final Gifts is a searingly honest exploration of life daring to rebound toward triumph of the spirit, as the characters wrestle with their concepts of themselves, each other, and God.   Every word of the dialogue rings true to the ironies, mess, and holiness of human life."
    -Jean Stockdale, executive director, Who Is My Neighbor? Inc, NJ.

"Final Gifts educates the heart and mind about the unsung, ordinary heroines in every culture who have given of their love and their courage in the struggle against injustice and oppression."
    -Samuel Cruz, Ph.D., professor, Union Theological Seminary, NYC,  NY

"The film is magnificent.  The story deeply moving.  My heart, my feelings really leaped into the screen.  The love these two women have for their children and husbands transcends their suffering; their pain is released, my pain is touched and released.  The chambers of the heart are emptied and love flows again.  And love is catching."
    -Marian Lewis, spiritual psychotherapist, NYC, NY

"This is a film that should not be missed.  Without offering simplistic answers, the viewer can begin to understand the beautiful complexities and healing qualities that a true love of humankind can achieve towards personal and communal healing."   
    -Tania Stanchich, LCSW, Social Work Director, New Brunswick, NJ