Time Changer is a rather surprising film. I had never heard anything about it. It had a rather nondescript poster with a bearded man in a bowler with watch silhouettes around him. The advertising has been nonexistent and even a trip to IMDB.com turned up little information.
The film, which runs about 90 minutes, concerns a bible scholar from 1890 who has just written a treatise on the affect of morals upon evolving society. He is seeking the endorsement of his seminary to legitimize and increase the sales of his book upon it's publication. The endorsement must be unanimous but a professor, who has been 'ill' recently comes into the meeting late and refuses to give his endorsement. The reasoning is that the treatise states that morals will benefit society regardless of how they are presented. The professor maintains that morals only have meaning if they reaffirm their origin and authority from the Lord (as in Jesus Christ/10 commandments).
This is the single most religious film I have ever seen. If you are not a Christian (in the 'saved' sense) or are easily offended by religious content, then avoid this movie at all costs. There is more religious theory and theology in this 90 minutes than in a month worth of weekly masses. You have been warned.
The movie plays like a very long 'after school special'. The lead actor, D. David Morin is very wooden in his role and speaks like a stereotypical Mormon with little emotion. He is either a VERY consistent actor or a very poor one. I honestly couldn't tell which. Hal Linden (Barney Miller) and Gavin McLeod (Cap'n Stubing of the Love Boat) have excellent supporting roles and steal the scenes they are in. Paul Rodriguez has a repeating cameo as a laundromat clerk.
As time travel movies go, this is actually a pretty good one and has possibly my favorite ending for a time travel film, but since it targets a Christian audience, it's appeal will be very limited since most of the comparisons and conclusions have to do with the recession of religion in modern society and it's perceived 'fatal consequences' (in a spiritual sense).
Despite a previous reviewer's claims, there is no nudity whatsoever, no profanity, and no violence. This is about as 'clean' as a movie can get. As a matter of fact, a segment of this film goes into Hollywood's withdrawal from religious fundamentals being presented in feature films and how that affects Christians by and large.
I won't spoil the film for those that may go see it, but there are very few surprises in the plot and no real curves. It is simply a commentary on religion and society using time travel as it's "hook". If you make it to the end, and know something about the Rapture in Christian mythology, you will likely appreciate the 'dire' nature of the final scene. As a film, it's very much a visual religious tract, but it does have a few interesting observances and presents them in a straightforward manner (though not necessarily "enjoyable").
If you are looking for a religious film with no objectionable material, then this is your movie. If you like time travel movies, it might be worth your time to stick through this one. If you are not religious or don't like having Christian beliefs force fed to you, then by all means avoid this movie like the biblical plague.
The film, which runs about 90 minutes, concerns a bible scholar from 1890 who has just written a treatise on the affect of morals upon evolving society. He is seeking the endorsement of his seminary to legitimize and increase the sales of his book upon it's publication. The endorsement must be unanimous but a professor, who has been 'ill' recently comes into the meeting late and refuses to give his endorsement. The reasoning is that the treatise states that morals will benefit society regardless of how they are presented. The professor maintains that morals only have meaning if they reaffirm their origin and authority from the Lord (as in Jesus Christ/10 commandments).
This is the single most religious film I have ever seen. If you are not a Christian (in the 'saved' sense) or are easily offended by religious content, then avoid this movie at all costs. There is more religious theory and theology in this 90 minutes than in a month worth of weekly masses. You have been warned.
The movie plays like a very long 'after school special'. The lead actor, D. David Morin is very wooden in his role and speaks like a stereotypical Mormon with little emotion. He is either a VERY consistent actor or a very poor one. I honestly couldn't tell which. Hal Linden (Barney Miller) and Gavin McLeod (Cap'n Stubing of the Love Boat) have excellent supporting roles and steal the scenes they are in. Paul Rodriguez has a repeating cameo as a laundromat clerk.
As time travel movies go, this is actually a pretty good one and has possibly my favorite ending for a time travel film, but since it targets a Christian audience, it's appeal will be very limited since most of the comparisons and conclusions have to do with the recession of religion in modern society and it's perceived 'fatal consequences' (in a spiritual sense).
Despite a previous reviewer's claims, there is no nudity whatsoever, no profanity, and no violence. This is about as 'clean' as a movie can get. As a matter of fact, a segment of this film goes into Hollywood's withdrawal from religious fundamentals being presented in feature films and how that affects Christians by and large.
I won't spoil the film for those that may go see it, but there are very few surprises in the plot and no real curves. It is simply a commentary on religion and society using time travel as it's "hook". If you make it to the end, and know something about the Rapture in Christian mythology, you will likely appreciate the 'dire' nature of the final scene. As a film, it's very much a visual religious tract, but it does have a few interesting observances and presents them in a straightforward manner (though not necessarily "enjoyable").
If you are looking for a religious film with no objectionable material, then this is your movie. If you like time travel movies, it might be worth your time to stick through this one. If you are not religious or don't like having Christian beliefs force fed to you, then by all means avoid this movie like the biblical plague.