The story appears simple on the surface, but is revealed, especially after multiple viewings, as more multi-layered and textured than Cassavetes at his best. Ostensibly it concerns a 14-year old Catholic girl, Wynne (Agutter) growing up in this post-modern wasteland, who develops a crush on her much older adoptive brother (Marshall)- a crush which perversely deepens and grows into infatuation once she starts to believe he is the local sex killer. This is in itself an idea that makes you sit up and jolt, but as the narrative develops, it continues not necessarily along a linear path but in several confusing and fascinating directions: the family's history, (detailed effectively in chilling flashback during an improvised seance) is a chequered one, and has suffered at least one major relocation and upheaval in the last ten years. At the crux, however, it's the depiction of socialal changes that make I Start Counting so fascinating and elevate its language far beyond the confines of the standard horror film. The major subtext- that teenage girls were maturing more quickly than before, and developing full sexual and romantic appetites (even if in thought rather than deed) but were not possessed of enough discretion to make the right choices- was a step forward for a genre in which its young females had previously been portrayed as bimbo victims (Cover Girl Killer and The Night Caller spring to mind), but not one that all viewers would necessarily agree with. But most striking of all, and possibly the most enduring image which the viewer will take away with them, is of the masterful symbolism with which director Greene invests every shot. Every inch of the Kinch family's world- their house, their walls, their TV, Agutters underwear, bedroom furniture and toys, Sutcliffe's clothes, Marshalls van, the local Catholic church, their town centre, their record shop) - is painted a bright, scintillating white- a white which, by inference, is slowly becoming smudged and corrupted with the dirt of the outside world. White also symbolises, of course, purity and innocence (two qualities Catholic schoolgirls are supposed to hold dear), and it is into this world of innocence that the ever-present red bus (a symbol of violation and penetration), conducted by the lecherous yet similarly juvenile Simon Ward, makes regular journeys. The allegory is further expanded in one scene where Agutter believes she sees the Christ figure in church weeping blood: by the time we acknowledge it, its gone, but the seed has already been planted. Rarely in a genre production has the use of colour and background been so important or effective in creating a uniformity of mood. I Start Counting is as near-perfect an end to a decade as one could hope for, and exactly the kind of film people should be making now- which is, of course, exactly why they never will. A genre essential. by D.R.
三星半，父母线最好，爱情线不够立体，闺蜜线必要性不大，想表达的东西太多了，反而显得有些拖沓。核心表达的还是人生困境。
滑冰女和不说男
国版《真爱至上》，多线故事里只有“自杀男孩和叫醒服务”、“暗恋多年的男孩结婚了但新娘不是我”这两个故事最有趣，其他的不痛不痒。老年CP在公园追逐的戏，和婚礼上卡农的伴奏都瞬间梦回《我的野蛮女友》
非要选就叫醒服务那对把哈哈哈哈哈哈好配好配(´▽`ʃƪ) ྉྉྉ
虽不是烂片，但食之无味。笑不是太好笑。
真的要看是在什么时候看什么电影……有被小小治愈到，那就再听一首想某人吧。
实在太无聊了，一点都不有趣，硬熬了100多分钟才等到林允儿
大杂烩式的莫名其妙，没有一条线的剧情是合逻辑的，根本就是想到什么就写什么。新年快乐，根本是强行快乐。
作为贺岁片还是及格的，虽然套路是比较俗，但是看到一堆熟悉的演员一起演CP，还是挺欢乐的。不过线还是太多了，特别李东旭元真儿这条真的毫无CP感。倒是韩智敏林允儿和学校男女这三条还是可圈可点的。韩智敏和林允儿太好看了，简直在发光。
评分还算真实吧。好几条线都有点牵强老套了，尤其李栋旭元真儿那条，韩志旼那条也是草草收尾。姜河那那条线有点惊喜，他也很适合演这样的角色，全片唯一泪点。
#70th IFFMH Online# 前入围2021威尼斯地平线单元。其实最早知道导演也是在戛纳时候看到影评人周专门声援在监狱中绝食抗议的他，这才是第一次看到他的作品（联合导演那部在柏林怎么都挤不出时间去看……）。这部片真是惊艳，要不是结尾太坑必须送五星。应该叫贾科长来看看什么叫江湖儿女（对就得拉踩一下）……影片开始那段室内炫技的伪长镜头绝对是堪称世界影坛十年级别的名场面，没见过这么交代人物前史的，连看三遍还是服气。影片明显参考了很多美国黑帮片的剧作和拍法，但化用得妥帖无比，简直是乌克兰土地里生长出来一般的毫无痕迹。导演虽说是剧场出身，有些明显舞台剧感的地方。男演员本身就是个知名混混，能调教成这样，导演真够厉害。#年度佳作候选#
因为在b站被安利了元珍雅和李东旭那段 不过真的看完电影就大概有一种曼哈顿女佣的错觉～别的不说 徐康俊（李江）唱的那首歌叫什么名字～
最真实的是胜孝和世真，因为害怕告白后毁掉来之不易的朋友关系，最后选择了互不越界。
来的火车上刚好读了蔡崇达的皮囊，结合电影，觉得这一哭一笑的内里情绪实在很像。通俗现实题材，可以预想到故事发展，但生命尊严问题，等待死亡的困境和无力感还是很打动人。带给我自身的思考也更多一些，要对父母更好一些。
贼乱的拼盘，实力派演员大乱斗，基本和编剧导演没什么关系
新晋导演的首作总是充满沉淀下来的味道，挺喜欢这种现实主义的电影，就像《小伟》，不同的是少了魔幻现实主义的的恶心味道，让人看下来感觉电影有种贴近现实感情的清淡，就像女主角身上的那种白开水的气质；人离了酒不会死，离了白开水肯定活不了。
感恩每一个平凡的父母，给予我们最不平凡的爱，珍惜父母爱人在我们身边的每一天
比起《新年前夜》碎片式的展开，用饭店的人情冷暖串联与贯穿整个故事显得要规整许多。当中所发生的不同故事有邂逅、有救赎也有几分痴傻的节日限定浪漫；一干俊男靓女实力派等各路类型人马依次填充，可看性也高了不少。郭在容还能否收获导演上的成功依然是个疑问句，但这次“出牌”足够安全、可期；也在岁末之时，完成了合理的登场。姜河那与郑进永最佳，金英光最可~~
7.4 1.2 儘管早已2022過了一個多月，看這部電影的時候，仍然有跟著一起倒數跨年的感動，就帶著與劇情一樣的不可能去挑戰接下來認為不可能辦的到的事情吧!
揭示了一个人最终的结果！一个人的一生始终在等待，夏天的母亲在等待夏天的爸爸，而夏天的爸爸也一直在等待死亡！ 😭
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