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.
在你以为就要happy ending的时候突然给你来个落水，原本几十分钟的揪心又要继续延宕，人生真的不想再丧了，失婚失业又精神失控的中年女人，不知道活着还有什么意义。
2022.5.14 突然又想给这部片子一个鼓励，在我们一片胜利的鼓掌加油中，台片打开了被掩盖在绿布下无力哀鸿的中产阶级。（或者是甚至是中产阶级都无法逃避的疼痛现实）
诺兰之后，敢拍蝙蝠侠的，都是真的勇士。事实证明，这勇士水平还不低
8.6/10 作为一部英雄电影, 三个小时是极为大胆的尝试; 同时以庄重严肃的基调叙事, 更是极为勇敢的挑战。 本作与'小丑'一般, 倾尽全力试图塑造一名立体的人物; 同时以一个跌宕起伏的故事, 成功使人物形象更显丰富饱满。 当然作为代价, 相较于主人公而言, 其他人物刻画便显得多少缺力。 而这也致使部分情感刻画略显突兀, 甚是遗憾。 但无论本作炫目的光彩, 亦或震撼的声效, 亦或优异的剧本, 数多优点皆使本作成为一部瑕不掩瑜的高质量作品。 并且作为新一任蝙蝠侠的帕丁森, 也以成熟的演技呈上一份合格的答卷。
3.5 比起阳光我更加喜欢这一部 逐渐撇掉过去的一点一滴 最终突破重围 有新的开始 情节的确有拼接感 可是瑕不掩瑜 两个女性角色也演得特别好
下的英文配音，有点意外，还是喜欢台湾腔。主题明显，情节转折太生硬，摄影满分。生活就是洪水猛兽。
贾静雯演得好。也许这就是怎么照看这类病人应有的样子。
乍看风格割裂，实际贴合于疗愈过程。贾静雯和小女生演技很棒，剧作上部分对白稍显尴尬。
三星半，我个人还蛮喜欢的。很有共鸣，摄影很有凝视的感觉。
这么天才的台词不知道谁想的。
没什么剧情，而且和疫情也没什么关系。女主王净颜值不错。
三星半。明明是剧情片，前半段拍成了悬疑片。贾静雯的演技不错。
前后两部分的观影体验就像：
恕我直言，再是华丽的视听，也架不住如此平庸的剧本持续三小时的连击。那个曾被诺兰驾到城邦正义十字路口的蝙蝠侠，在这个并不怎么高明的谜语人面前，除了伟光正之外，几乎和他身后那一大撮警察（编剧）同样的迟钝和愚蠢。
1.怎样缔造唯美视听：蓝色光线和优美BGM。2.怎样升华主题：母女聊天添几句金句就好啦。3.怎样刻画现实生活呢：堆叠困难，再给点阳光灿烂，再给点苦难，你看，多简单！4.疫情的元素怎么使用不落俗：当成背景板就行啦，不必深究。5.怎样让戏剧冲突不那么直白又让创作者轻松一点呢：让贾静雯生个怪病然后大段剧情都围着这个讲，夫妻离异工作离职什么的简单穿插一下就好啦。6.怎样让故事有点层次和文学感呢：做个瀑布和溪流的比喻不就好啦，比喻是一种很高级的手段呢。7.文艺片观众会不会少啊：多请点明星来客串不就好啦。8.JM奖好拿吗：怎么不好拿？三年两次登顶也不难嘛。
整体而言，每个演员的表演都中规中矩，没有特别出彩的。
前半段贾静雯的表演真的有够吓人的，呆滞、怀疑、反复，似乎脸上的褶皱、凌乱的发梢也在述说。蓝色的帷幕与面前的口罩交相辉映，被巨大不具名所笼罩的身体和内心，也像是瀑布所坠下时的蔚为壮观。从女儿开始照顾妈妈之后，剧情的走向变得不可预知，原来电视后面的蛇是真的，看似油滑吹嘘的中介经理竟然这么正直，小静出事的时候出租屋的煤气灶正好被浇灭，紧张啊，剧本真有意思啊。
中间部分既断裂又冗长，流畅度很低，但是钟孟宏相比以往内敛了许多，在漫长的苦难和成长后用“瀑布”结了一个很好的尾
放大了。也许我们都很久没有认真的去关注身边人。电影把疫情下的台湾在中产家庭日常生活拍出了一种精致感，是日常生活，却有一种精致安排的距离感和舞台感。这种干净的清晰的画面很像多年前韩国电影呈现的质感。风波过后，以为生活会像溪流归于平静，但是突然来的洪水一下子让人跟着揪心起来，终于在最后看到了小静没事，才安心。
我居然是从歌声认出了魏如萱（是的我认不得她脸），音乐不错的。
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