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Time Changer

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2003

Is Time Changer appropriate for your child? See the reviewed age guidance, content cautions, positive themes, and supporting evidence below.

The year is 1890 and Bible professor Russell Carlisle has written a new manuscript entitled "The Changing Times". His colleague, Dr. Norris Anderson, believes that what Carlisle has written could greatly affect the future of coming generations and, using his secret time machine, Anderson sends Carlisle over 100 years into the future, offering him a glimpse of where his beliefs will lead.

Ages 10+Source checked

Why this age? Rated PG, with time-travel peril and mature discussions about morality, Christianity, and cultural change. The themes may need context for younger children, but sexual content and graphic violence appear limited. This is guidance, not a safety guarantee; reading level and family context may differ.

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Age guidanceAges 10+
Strongest cautionsReligious themes 5/5
Strongest positivesPositive messages 4/5 · Good role models 3/5
Recommendation2.8/5

Positive messages; strongest caution: religious themes.

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What parents should know

Rated PG, with time-travel peril and mature discussions about morality, Christianity, and cultural change. The themes may need context for younger children, but sexual content and graphic violence appear limited. This is guidance, not a safety guarantee; reading level and family context may differ. Positive messages; strongest caution: religious themes.

Readiness snapshotAge guidance: 10+Main watch-out: Religious themes 5/5
Recommendation 2.8/5

Editorial rating

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Recommended age10+

Strongest cautions

  • Religious themes5/5

Strongest positives

  • Positive messages4/5
  • Good role models3/5
  • Courage & resilience2/5

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What’s in it?

Religious themes5/5
Why this rating?

The film centers entirely on Christian theology, morality, and the Bible.

What’s good in it?

Courage & resilience2/5
Why this rating?

The protagonist faces the personal courage required to change his worldview.

Creativity & curiosity2/5
Why this rating?

The time machine and speculative encounter with the future encourage imaginative thinking about technology, history, and social consequences.

Diverse representation1/5
Why this rating?

The story spans historical and modern settings but appears centered on a narrow Christian, largely historical-American perspective, with limited diversity focus.

Educational value2/5
Why this rating?

It offers an educational perspective on 19th-century beliefs and moral debates.

Kindness & empathy2/5
Why this rating?

Interactions are generally polite and respectful.

Positive messages4/5
Why this rating?

The film centrally examines morality, ethics, faith, cultural change, and how beliefs may affect future generations.

Good role models3/5
Why this rating?

Characters act with conviction and are intended to be thought-provoking models.

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