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.
虽然从来都理解不了宗教人士，但是看完还是很被tammy faye打动的，这大约就是申奥片学院派的力量。一根筋的乐观傻气又可爱。最喜欢年轻的tammy环顾一周，坚持抱着孩子挤进丈夫的餐桌，然后把孩子塞给丈夫。好解气。
特别喜欢tammy faye对LGBT群体真正的爱h和认可，不是作为社交货币，和人设更无关。无私的发自内心深处的情感流动非常打动人。
感觉劳模姐贡献了这届奥斯卡所有人里面的最佳演技（其实也归功于妆发，真的为劳模姐加了好多分）（看完之后真诚希望劳模姐能得奥斯卡。
女主从小就陶醉于宗教，效果类似于自我暗示自我催眠。
“蓝胖子”还是那么可爱，每一次展示兜里宝贝的特写画面依然能唤起那份纯真的童年记忆。
圈钱的样子太难看了，为什么给孩子看的动画片要加入政治。
这再拿不上影后就没天理了，就是为拿奖量身定制的，劳模姐又劳模了，一年演两次“婚姻生活”，应该也是演麻了。宗教一出山就是保守势力掌权，从这点说肯定是想影射特朗普，但结尾明显又想骑墙，好像是个主旋律又好像不是，整个片子弄得温温吞吞的，远没有亚当·麦凯黑死整个美国的勇气。
杰西卡明年可以冲一冲顶。说剧情的话，相信现实应该更有料。
D— / 结尾不这么用力可能还会加一星...
帮商家刷评价蹭电影票看的，昧着良心给写了好评。
忘记标了，和前年的的《朱迪》一样，都是推女主表现，故事拉胯。
查斯坦是值得五星的水平，加菲相比就逊色很多。剧情说不上喜欢，也说不上不好
观感实际上比提了女主的另外两部传记片要好不少，妮可被同片哈维尔分戏，小K带不动全片，反倒是稳扎稳打的劳模姐至少不让人失望。与19年的《朱迪》大同小异，都属于女主凭借一己之力拖着整部电影前进的感觉；再看《里卡多一家》，更是充分的体现了化妆发型的重要性，劳模姐精准拿捏从20岁到50岁跨度，从刚开始的年轻靓丽，到后来的随着年龄增长愈发放肆的妆容，都被生动诠释。今年这个说大不大，说小不小的年份，真心站劳模姐奥斯卡封后！
信仰的力量可太强大了...
中途睡着了无数次，本着对孩子得尊重，强撑着看完。
极其降智的剧情，作为一部翻拍自上世纪的原版的新版，删减了支线与人物变化，使得整部片子成了一部充斥着《星球大战》元素的低幼闹剧。毫无逻辑与实力的反派，没有任何魅力的正派领袖，自我消解的戏剧解决方法，都使得本片滑入了愚蠢与弱智的漩涡。就算抛开剧本问题，该片作为一部动火电影在画面美术上的问题也是特别严重的。一是不合时宜与观感差劲的三维场景与平面化的粗线条的日式典型人物的结合不当，呈现出一种拧巴感与丑感。二是表意不明的人物表情刻画，给人细思极恐的不适感，这明显又是不符合本片的定位的。综上所述，可能创作者也不清楚自己在干嘛。
给多一星拉高
很好，不愧是80年代的剧情，影射独裁者和纳粹。以前就一直很喜欢机器猫的变小装置，很想住在模型里，还是2D看着舒服。
其实是个动人的故事和人物，但在核心冲突的表现上有点乏力，该用力的时候还是要用力啊！
劳模姐真的，量变导致质变了，加菲被远远甩在后面，就像小李子和温斯莱特
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