If You Believe
- by Anthea Sylbert and Richard Romanus, directed by Alan Metzger
- Feature Film
- Fantasy, Romance
- Families
- Debatable Time Travel
- English
- If You Believe by Anthea Sylbert and Richard Romanus, directed by Alan Metzger (Lifetime Television, 5 December 1999).
Thirty-seven-year-old jaded book editor Susan Stone gets a kick in the pants when her fun, easygoing seven-year-old self shows up during the Chistmas season. Young Suzie says she’s merely Susan’s inner child, but we like to give her the benefit of the doubt and say she might be time traveling.
—Michael Main
Let me say this slowly: I am you; you are me; we are us.
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 1960 to 1969: Seven-year-old Susan is probably from the 1960s.
- Circa AD 1970 to 1999: All older Susans are before the 21st century.
- Timeline Models
- Time Travel Methods
- Timeslips: Keep in mind that it’s only us saying that this might be time travel, but whether it is or isn’t, a bump on the head is involved, so we’ll call it a timeslip.
- Themes
- Animals or Small Children Sense Time Travelers or Anomalies: We suspect that Tom’s dog and a young caroler can see Suzie.
- Invisible Traveler: Only Susan can see Suzie for sure.
- Real-World Tags
- Christmas: Most of the story takes place during the Christmas season.
- Thanksgiving: Some of the family meals are on Thanksgiving.
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- If You Believe by Anthea Sylbert and Richard Romanus, directed by Alan Metzger (Lifetime Television, 5 December 1999).