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.
when the source material is good, it does not take much to bring it out and make a decent film. 配乐师应该加鸡腿
Maggie的导演处女作，知道想表达母亲被孩子烦燥死了，但总是闪回混乱，我不喜欢。
不是满分作品但女性作者女性导演女性演员几位一体太能打动人了。无论是青年状态里的高能耗女儿带来的焦虑、遇见登山客带来的对自身的再审视与遗憾、遇见学术知己的一激荡，还是中老年状态里的自持、遗憾、骄傲、自省，都让人深陷其中。/估计喜欢费兰特书的人多数会喜欢此片。/达妹这个全包眼线让我没敢认。说实话有进步。至少把几乎听不懂听不进Olivia在说什么的状态演活了。她既苦恼又油盐不进。/跟这个假“平行母亲”的结局比起来，《平行母亲》很理想化了，阿莫多瓦秒变童话。/是我心中四星以上作品。打五星挽救一下。
895｜3.5，不完美的母亲，迷失的女儿，一个道理讲半天的原地转圈之作。小细节很赞，摄影配乐都很到位，科尔曼演得也很好。一开始我就猜女主搞不好是文学系教授，结果还真是，还是比较文学。
7。#NYFF59#演员转导演我一向没有什么期待，随口问了一句manager就给我留了个座我就去看了。惊喜之作吧，还挺好的。整个技法上感觉老套了点，音乐挺好的。演员好。
从《天才女友》到这部，从书到剧到电影，完全看不下去。费兰特的作品真是挑性别，太有意思了。
麻吉导演在访谈中说道费兰特的文本难得地讨论了公共文化里中的沉默地带，生而为母我很抱歉。比起生育和养育，那一大家子巨吵无比的underdog才是真的噩梦，只不过两个噩梦一个可以逃离一个无法，请让扣姨二封锁死！
翻过来已腐烂的水果与Leda背后青蓝的淤青共同指向了让她痛苦的过去——一个关于女人的自由与母亲的职责相对冲的故事。
电影三星，为费兰特和Maggie加一星。初次导演的故事讲述能力因为凌乱的剪辑略弱，但依托于强大的文本，怎样也是个好故事。女性在事业和家庭的选择上永远被放在一个被剥削者的位置，年轻时决断的选择了过自己的生活在学术界一圈男性中做个又酷又牛掰的女人，也掩盖不过老去时对一对女儿的思念和一些懊悔。为什么几乎透明的丈夫角色就不用承担这high stake的代价呢？而那个老教授是个女性的话估计会被骂又茶又婊上天。
本片的亮点在于对人物尤其是母亲角色的刻画，对比阿莫多瓦的《平行母亲》，这部电影的母亲形象更接地气一点，也相较于大多数母亲形象都更可信。导演设置的麦格芬起到非常好的悬疑作用，不至于让本片过于沉闷，情节的设计一直吊住观众悬着的心，这手法简直狠辣老道。导演的节奏把握非常游刃有余，让人无法想象这是一部处女作，可能导演也是属于阅片无数的那类影迷。
演员表演精湛 镜头情绪到位 配乐贴合动人
三星半。看到后半程想起《我的天才女友》第二季的海滩度假戏，看完才发现这片的编剧之一就是埃莱娜·费兰特，我说呢~
3.5，虽然还没看《平行母亲》但感觉这部更适合叫这个名字，演员们的发挥都很棒，不过母亲角色的挣扎是不是可以拍的更深刻一点？再加上原本就有的细腻会更好
人生每一步选择，都进一步导致更多不同的选择。有时殊途同归，但过程各自曲折。
明明可以讲更多，却陷于情绪的表达，很浪费题材诶
when the source material is good, it does not take much to bring it out and make a decent film. 配乐师应该加鸡腿
讲述一位在母职中纠结徘徊的母亲细腻的内心，电影里呈现的小孩子的形象真的太烦了太让人头疼了
女性的一生都充满矛盾和痛苦，她总要抉择，在各种事情之间抉择。她困在一个逐渐缩小的世界里，费尽力气终于冲出来，但那是短暂的。她找到了快乐，又有了另一重痛苦。女性啊。
好看，很有自然感的镜头，配乐绝了，但是全网找不到！
女主女配真的是演的好，尤其是奥斯卡影后科尔曼一如既往的稳啊，但除此之外没有一处是喜欢的，非常别扭和矫情的拍摄手法，其实是一个非常简单的故事，却表达的那么复杂又卖弄。也不要说什么女人作为母亲不容易了，生孩子的时候两个人就应该做好准备，否则就不要生，别得了便宜卖乖。
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