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.
北漂青年真实写照，台词我也能编出来。谈恋爱就是这么回事，男的女的就是两种模式，能耗在一起太不容易了。最后的复合有些生硬，小毛一年居然没交朋友，有点难以置信。这俩的CP不会一直好下去吧？
最好的前任就要像死了一样，不要再打扰对方的生活。
果然“男人来自火星，女人来自金星”…两个人的沟通完全不在同一频道上…站在男性立场上，男主做得没有任何问题吧？都说有情饮水饱，可没有物质基础的爱情就是空中楼阁啊！何况男主每次犯错之后，不也在主动修复关系吗？反观女主都做了什么…能不能给树立点正确的恋爱观啊！
结局很暖 像失物招领一般 找回了爱 “我想吃火锅了”
真实不做作 国内能有这种能好好讲完一个故事的已经不容易了 啧
感受比真实更重要！
再美好的爱情也抵不过琐碎生活，最精彩的部分是把生活的艰辛揉碎了给你看，猜疑与不解吞噬了爱情的信任，最终走向分崩离析。可惜最后破镜重圆虽有感动，但又带有爱情童话故事一般，不太真实。
我要给这个电影打五星好评！！！
有的恋爱以论年 有的恋爱以论月 有的恋爱论天 有的恋爱论小时
狗是他要养的，北海道也是他说要去的，结果所有的一切都是她去承受
不懂这片的意义，投入了时间和精力，不寻找那些相识过程中的暧昧或者恋爱日常的悸动，反而去挖掘关系倦怠期中的争吵与矛盾。确认关系和恋爱甜蜜的时间线拉的过快导致我觉得男女主的爱情没有基础，完全就是闪恋闪分闪复合。对于争吵的笔墨过重导致男主也是莫名其妙从头到尾一直都在求理解求原谅。想催恋爱催结婚就搞一些美好的邂逅相互推拉的暧昧或者普通又甜美的恋爱日常来拍啊，非要突出矛盾争吵后的莫名和解，把杯子砸掉才能回忆起完整时的美好么？这样的内容只会让人觉得单身极快乐吧。
不记得上次看到这么无感的爱情片是什么时候了
还是用 不打扰 祝福彼此。”
狗是他要养的，北海道也是他说要去的，结果所有的一切都是她去承受
太特么的难看了卧槽，这是我今年看过的最难看的电影
单纯喜欢这一对才看的。故事情节很简单，是比较幸运的两个人。一开始相爱很甜，然后男生懈怠了，并且没钱工作又不顺，也因此产生了些误会，女生感受到缺少安全感以及男生的不负责任不成熟，比较坚决的分开。分开了，男生才意识到女生的好，加上也没遇到比女生更好的人，所以等待这个女的（现实中很难），并且男生快速成熟起来（赚到钱了），最后两人竟然又遇到了，都是单身，也有经济基础了，又确定了彼此的心意，就又在一起了。现实这种再回头很难，不管是心境还是经济条件，都没这么幸运。爱真的是种很虚幻的东西，不同经历不同年纪的感悟都不同。
2.5/5，就还好嘛，满足一些恋爱的幻想。一段舒服的关系，一定两个人都在努力
一般不喜欢看纯粹的恋爱片，因为喜欢毛晓彤，看到院线新片里有这部电影才看的，很一般
该说不说，江宇真的挺会的，我那个年纪时真的太不开窍了🙊说句题外话，杨玏很有他爸的当年风度
2星有点少，3星实在多。就是看女主来的。
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