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.
男女主演技太灾难了，很难不让人出戏，部分台词也过于刻意，全片cp感最好的竟然是男主的父母
几乎要给5星😄竟然非常好看！不落俗套，清新有趣👍扣掉一星是发型服装跳戏。另外作为杭州人实在无法接受女主自称是杭州人的那张整形脸，时不时出戏。插曲都很棒。
三星半。非常值得去电影院看的电影，潮汕方言并没有增加观影门槛，反倒增加了趣味性。电影在很多情节上的处理都很好，比如在母亲跟女朋友的选择上，就很现代性。比较大的缺点是，女朋友除了外省离过婚自身是完美的，设定比较工具人，缺少更为个性的设置。
一个不是被汕头人拉着绝对不会想着来看的 意外的很好看的电影！看温情也很有地方特色！
去过的汕头糖水店，很怀念啊！
好片，朴实的现代生活，很温馨很自然也好不美饰矛盾的存在，结局还是理想化了
3.0；影片最后，泽凯和母亲一起去了静珊的家乡杭州，其实杭州也是一个民俗很重的城市，但这里提到民俗重，并不是拿它和潮汕做对比，而是继续去佐证前面所说，民俗会因为时代的改变而改变，可有些东西，却是变不了的。飞机之上的母亲望着窗外，她是认可静珊的，这个外省姑娘给了她做婆婆的感觉，她也是喜欢静珊的，如果不喜欢，她为何又千里迢迢来到这个女孩的城市？...
太棒了，作为一个“外省”女婿，很多细节我是有共鸣的，喜欢这样的小片。
戏台，木偶戏，侯孝贤戏梦人生。
3.5星，片名不如改为《潮汕爱情故事》，你温柔善良会照顾人有颜有事业，但是你离过婚就是原罪，这点实在是太真实了，如果不是女主足够优秀，我想在现实中妈妈最后压根不会转变固执的观念吧
很真实，也很温暖 最近特别喜欢这种淡淡的情感剧本 很高兴听到好久以前喜欢过的宝藏乐队玩具船长的音乐 ~
真的是好电影。后一半哭了很多纸巾我怎么回事。演员真的太到位了，尤其是我好爱妈妈啊。
私以为如果结局是在机场错过，就更现实主义了，毕竟人生总是充满了遗憾。但我们确实需要再多一些这样的片子。
女性相处片段。算命门口。挤来挤去。
真的好棒啊！我一直觉得我们的一些导演学的太多太杂已经连一个真实简单的生活故事就讲不好了。这个真的是电影不是家庭录影吗？太真实太舒服了。虽然还是不能理解潮汕的传统和排外，但也欣喜看到妈妈最后接受了儿媳。爸爸知道妈妈晕车冒雨去给她买了大概是话梅之类的东西。果然妈妈催着泽凯开快车去机场找姗姗下车就吐了。小舅和家乡的亲戚邻居也都朴实里带着幽默。泽凯和姗姗撑不下去在天台分手，泽凯一个大男人哭得稀里哗啦静下来还叫无言流泪的姗姗别哭。妈妈来了杭州连雷峰塔都要拜啊哈哈哈。总是想着拍出大排场大框架的东西，这才是我们的生活。
太棒了，作为一个“外省”女婿，很多细节我是有共鸣的，喜欢这样的小片。
后面飞机那段，大概让我难过了有半小时，太真实，也太让我遗憾了。每次到这种时候，看到类似情景，我都会开始成千万倍的想你，好多年没体会过这种温暖，我快麻木不能爱别人了。我最亲爱的妈妈，后天又是母亲节，这辈子没能给你过一次节日是我人生中最大的缺失，漫漫人生，还有很多个类似节日，你说我何时才能释怀
平平常常唠家常生活化的片子 还挺可爱的 现代和传统的冲突又无处不在 虽然我不大相信这么轻松就和解了 现实生活中根深蒂固的观念改变绝非易事 也许是电影表达的一种理想希冀吧 妈妈最后指着保俶塔说雷峰塔
作为一个有潮汕胃的广东女婿，也能有一点感触。我妈一个上海人，没有宗族文化的桎梏，也一样会有那么一点小市侩，那么坚强又敏感。“妈妈”这个角色真是上一辈中国女性的平均形象
It flows as a relay race.
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