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.
7/10。PTA的小鸡电影怪诞可爱，破坏富豪一段梦回小鬼当家的年代，日剧跑百试不爽啊。气质像《去他＊的世界》，也像前不久看的《世界上最糟糕的人》，但选角颜值低到只能感慨真实了。水床上两人的身体试探是我唯一感受到爱情之处。（特地买了🍕观影结果里面没吃啊啊）
与之前的PTA有一些不同（我能说底味儿类似大师么）。不过他的特点（注意是特点不是优点）的部分遗失还是让我有点失望的。
感谢上苍给了我们PTA！对于他的片子我一直都觉得：就也不是什么改变我人生的片子但是世界因为有它变得更好了一点点，对电影又能多相信一点点🥲
很私人，也很悠长，一场“姐弟恋”到底又是怎样的感觉。后半段各路明星的出场简直是在凑时长，这场青春电影，太中规中矩。
三星半，这应该是开心麻花节奏最成熟，情怀最真挚的电影了。前几部不像电影被诟病，这一部干脆直接以戏中戏的构造承载话剧式的质感，反而比较成功。情怀非常纯真，影片中的小人物仿佛是对开心麻花团队自身的一种映照，而且致敬的许多电影也是非常惊喜。但另一方面，这一部的笑点退化的非常严重，主角都像是没有生气一般一句一句的挤出那些苍白无力的话来逗乐，没有了一开始那种让人眼前一亮的创作理念，有些许失望。
开心麻花的戏，你要说好看吧，看后又记不住任何，你要说不好看吧，毕竟你也跟着笑了
这样的片子对PTA来说，简直是手到擒来，毫无难度，氛围、情调很迷人，若即若离的暧昧关系处理得刚刚好，选了一对长着很素人脸的男女主角，非常对路了，一路奔跑的镜头虽然通俗，但处理得很带感，整体看来几乎就是半个洛杉矶风情画了，光怪陆离的各类人逐一登场，都是他们恋爱的背景板。这个片子应该和昆汀的《好莱坞往事》一起看的。
怀旧色调，充满散漫的夏日朝气，男主白白胖胖憨憨的很招人喜欢
春节档唯一的喜剧片
对70年代并非全然真实的想象，梦幻的糖衣里裹着泛着蓝粉紫色异光的炮弹。少年情愫的不稳定、关系的不平等、（苍老的）好莱坞文化的坏影响、对表演性的承认、社会经济的不良性别结构以及社会崩溃的征兆，这些传统模式之外的古怪、不稳定之处让美满结局显得存疑，似乎是女性的退却，指向一种充满活力但模棱两可的纠缠关系。在此年代美国梦的机会和危险都在突然出现，时间总在音乐和中段情节的转场中悄然流逝，而主角总在变化中维持着一些不会改变的能量，通过户外奔跑才能释出。对并非全然诚实、道德且带有混乱、空虚、肤浅的坚持其实是另一种怀旧，而对年代的怀旧也非全然美好，性解放运动后女性并不能脱离被凝视和被利用。总在尝试的Alana算是PTA最丰满的女性角色之一：无论主观是否愿意但最后总在帮助那些不成熟男性成长的女性，也许带有PTA妻子的投射
7.5/10.
喜欢电影里面的各种跑，不管是漫无目的的，还是跑向某人，有没有原因，都不重要。Alana 和 Gary 就像探索生活一般对待他们的情愫，可以破坏也可以重塑，但始终是断不了。
所有最好笑的包袱都来自于原版，然后编剧自创了挺多烂笑话儿，就显得挺有断层的。
好久没有看到如此舒适愉悦的电影了。青少年的爱情小品和成长日记，也能拍得如此“波澜壮阔”，包罗万象，仿佛70年代the valley的地方文化志，也只有举轻若重的PTA了。
设定还是有趣的，但为了配合设定需要一个非常精妙的剧本才能效果拉满，很显然麻花团队还是比较糙的。马丽演美女大明星实在是有点恶心人了，魏翔这次当大男主扛住了，角色让人想起喜剧之王，个别部分有点浮夸，但不是他表演的问题，还是设定追求的这个效果有点过了
大师作品在细节和调性上总能出类拔萃，可惜这个于我有代沟和国沟，实在无法从70年代的美国年代梗获得任何感觉，最重要的应该是我真不喜欢这个女主~~~这个长相时而发嗲时而发神经而相当自以为是，就略讨厌。
莫名其妙摸不着头脑但又挺甜的，没什么营养但就是补糖（Cooper Hoffman真的像他爸）
看了一些力图为此片打高分的影评，基本上都在升华，“这不是一部小妞电影，这是在哀悼逝去的70年代balabala”，这逻辑每一点都不成立，主题宏大的电影并不比小妞电影更高贵，怀旧电影尤其不高贵。还是那句话，“怀念童年是很美好，但没人真正在意你的童年”。此处援引柏樵：“这种献给xxx一封情书”式的电影都挺可怕的，很难达到敝帚自珍的干净利落，几乎不可避免地陷入自矜，即便是保罗·托马斯·安德森。
PTA的LA往事，还来了个雅克·德米式“不知道该怎么拍了就这么着吧”结尾；初遇&《I Left My Heart In San Francisco》两场戏很迷人，人物魅力随影片推进而逐级递减
7/10。PTA的小鸡电影怪诞可爱，破坏富豪一段梦回小鬼当家的年代，日剧跑百试不爽啊。气质像《去他＊的世界》，也像前不久看的《世界上最糟糕的人》，但选角颜值低到只能感慨真实了。水床上两人的身体试探是我唯一感受到爱情之处。（特地买了🍕观影结果里面没吃啊啊）
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