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.
哈维尔巴登yyds，和骚潘去年都奉献出了职业生涯又一个高峰，如果戈雅奖的最佳女主是骚潘就好了
被做手脚的天平⚖️大家都知道，但没人说话。
关于自由，有所讨论，关于人性，有所讨论，关于老板，有所讨论。很值得看看的电影，让人很有想法的电影，能了解更多我不曾知道的手段
春节选这部电影全家一起看是押对宝了，闫飞彭大魔导演，全程都在笑得打鸣。节奏也很好，哭点后面会马上接个笑点让观众不会被煽情的氛围带偏，用我爸的话说是无厘头的感动。
有的情节是真的尴尬，电影的有一些镜头可以很明显的看出是借鉴了哪些经典镜头，但演员的精神让人很是佩服，他是真的很珍惜这个男主角的机会，很用心的在表演
你能想到的老板的每一个好，背后可能都存在着另一个算盘，好好做韭菜就行
讽刺性十足的小喜剧，一股诡异的气氛笼罩全片，有点西班牙独特气质惊悚片的感觉，但缺乏更深刻或独创性的观点以及真正意义上的戏剧高潮。《老无所依》中杀手扮演的老板，演技精湛。
结尾手里的冲击钻很有趣
因为抖音看了魏翔的经历有点不忍心说狠话
我是很喜欢这个电影啊。又体面又虚伪，还有那么点幽默。
讽刺的恰到好处，有时天平需要施点伎俩才能平衡。
一开始以家长式作风登场，但本质更像一个政客，在私利为优的前提下，利用各种手段保持“平衡”。
“断人钱财如杀人父母”，有些人为了保住工作，真的愿意做很多事。
在资本的面前哪有什么公平可言，躲在背后的无非是一场场逐利的博弈大秀罢了。
对雨中曲 教父 大镖客的“致敬”简直是对电影艺术的侮辱
去年暑假在圣巴斯蒂安电影节上想看来着，但是怕covid 就没进去看。今天花了半个多小时找片源和英文字幕。果真哈维尔的演技值得一看。而且还真是挺好笑的
4。一个成功的老板是如何平衡的。绝佳的节奏
三谷幸喜的原作有些硬伤，但情感核心是很真挚的，主题是对电影事业的热爱，而表演只是其中的一部分。《杀手》后半段基本把这个主题颠覆掉了，角色被接管，“拍摄”中断，最终落点在小人物历险记，情节逻辑其实更偏向《喜剧之王》，追求的是个人成功。所以哪怕特别明显地加了《教父》《雨中曲》《赌神》的迷影梗，片名也化用了另一部著名电影，电影都只是他们用以自我实现的工具。当然不能说这样的改编不可取，只是同样没能让这个荒诞设定切实可信地落了地。也不怎么能笑得出来，开心麻花真是从未令我失望。
情节流畅且自洽的喜剧，在开心麻花的水准线以上，但可以猜到情节发展和煽情套路，所以给不了太高分
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