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.
—埃隆·马斯克(特斯拉创始人兼CEO)
“每个人都有很多面，有些是乱七八糟的。重点不在于推开不好的东西，而是给它腾出空间，和它共存。”
小熊猫可可爱爱，13岁就要求饭圈少女+演唱会自由...有点太白左了，我站asian parents
从母亲对孩子窒息的掌控欲，到三代人的互相救赎。接纳并与有缺憾的另一面的自己和谐共处。皮克斯还是那个天马行空又温暖人心的皮克斯。就是翻译的片名有点拉胯。
是db父母皆祸害小祖给的勇气啊
红熊猫可爱疯了！想知道妈妈的熊猫为啥有那么大。故事很简单，但流畅可爱。为啥无法在国内过审呢？是宣扬了追星还是把柴尼斯文化搞得特古老诡异？安妮胃，想起我小时候的电子宠物鸡，最后因为我懒得打扫它的粑粑给臭死了，导演跟我一代人～
幸亏没有公映，不然会被别人看见哭。能变身是一件多么酷的事。
PS:一个宗教老师对性工作者说再多“我尊重你的工作”，都不如把与他的关系公开给自己曾经的学生来得诚恳。同理，再多技巧性的心理咨询，都不如生活中真实的爱与包容来得有效。可惜一个生活中真能拥有许多爱与包容的人，才不会需要心理咨询。
有一个有趣的点在于13岁的Meimei想到自己的好朋友就会恢复平静，对她来说好朋友而不是父母才是自己最喜欢的人。这让我回忆起了青春期书籍都说重视朋友重过父母是青春期的特点，但我自己青春期的时候从来没有过这种感受，从来无法理解人怎么可以重视朋友胜过父母。然而最近几年突然慢慢理解了。我觉得青春期的自己还是错失了社会化的某些必经之路。
太好看了！女性导演的独特视角和细腻情感，青春期女孩躁动心理和奇幻变身的绝佳隐喻，中西方元素巧妙融合。母亲在演唱会变身一场戏简直是要绝倒，那一刻如同看到月圆之夜变成的金刚在西城男孩的演唱会上被道教做法。不知道有没有受到玲娜贝尔意外出圈的启发，红色小熊猫类的萌物，是否会成为新的流量密码？
只有最后熊猫家族集体变身那算是有一点带感。
千禧年背景好评，熟悉的童年！！前面觉得一般般，可到第三幕月圆之夜开始怎么那么好看！音乐也好好听啊！念经part mix 男团舞曲简直不要太潮！！最后，中文女导演们都真的很在意母女关系呢～
太难看了……堆砌各种自以为是的中国元素，逻辑完全不能自洽，开头和结尾的女主到底有什么区别？
居然熬夜看完！！！！真的巨巨巨巨好看。对妈妈和女儿来说都算成长片！明天白天会跟两个女儿二刷。她们俩现在在呼呼大睡。
太难看了……堆砌各种自以为是的中国元素，逻辑完全不能自洽，开头和结尾的女主到底有什么区别？
阳光姐妹淘，很美好
靠，梅梅冲回去抱住她的小红熊猫的那一刻我果然没忍住又泪崩了，皮克斯可以，算是把中式母女关系嚼巴明白了//不过这不还是跟Encando讲的一个故事吗？连获得奇幻能力的原因都一样，不过小熊猫实在太可爱了。
锦说得很对，茗真的很大只/省去了染发的钱，时髦红
红色熊猫是13岁少女内心的反叛，是不想继续当逆来顺受的乖乖女，是摆脱讨好型人格的束缚，母亲一直在束缚住自己的欲望，而年轻一代只想认清自己、发掘自己、改变自己！
这个妈妈的大垫肩外套也太九十年代了，欧美华人的形象还停在那个时候。华人的旗袍形象这种已经在大陆被淘汰的东西还不停地出现在欧美主流媒体形象上。这个水平在皮克斯作品里真的不那么好
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