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.
【6月【🟢】【➊】】【2022 ▲ 290】【≈ 107分钟】【原版 ★ 中文字幕】【⭐】◀▶【⭐⭐⭐】
是枝裕和继偷出来的亲情后，又拍了种卖出来的亲情。
这部电影比小偷家族探讨更多的则是女性议题，从女性生育到社会眼光下的男女平等，它脱离了传统眼光下素英作为母亲需要展现的那种母爱，而是更多地去描绘社会底层妓女这个身份给她带来的矛盾与纠结。后半段的泪点很多，打动我的并不是那些温馨和情感，而是通过素英的嘴所呼喊出来的女性渴望被尊重、渴望拥有自由处置自己身体的权利。
是枝裕和怎么这么拉了，如此轻佻的剧本，真是几乎找不到一点好
看完预告片后满怀期待，看完正片后稍许失落，这个时代变了，不是20年前那个各行各业皆是天才的年代，那个时候导演，剧本，演员皆天才，球星，歌手，漫画家一个个的才华横溢，现在再来看，全是扶不起的阿斗，电影行业如此，其他行业都一个怂样！
7.0/10。因为了帮一婴儿暂存箱里的男婴寻找新父母而引发的一系列风波，反应了普通人生活的不易、世道的险恶与他们的善良。影片试图在传统故事片（从大量特写/配乐/煽情、各种剪辑语法等可看出）和自然主义电影（从非常平淡的叙事戏剧性可看出）间找平衡，但这次影调明显失衡压倒性地偏向于传统故事片，导致影调比较紊乱。不过，本片影像最后的总体观感似乎也称不上烂片。另外，本片作为角色导向电影对人物间的关系似乎处理地并不细腻较突兀/套路。
Nick Cage是不是可以站上演员肺活量之巅了。
南橘北枳。鸡血韩语和平淡日语间的隔阂，看这片子就知道了。
过期演员尼古拉斯凯奇变身CIA特工。前面半小时很无聊差点就放弃了，后面凯奇被招募协助CIA破案才稍微好看点，总体就一般般。
2.5 人性论文艺最难的是如何把握善中有恶恶中有善的分寸，分寸即真实度，高强度嬗变中的真实度，尤其难。是枝裕和最近十几年对东亚社会超越血缘关系、跳脱于传统家庭结构的共同体组织的构建着了魔，这里确实蕴含着人性嬗变，但表现在本片就状况不佳，完全被主题绑架了，一心向善，过分温情，皆大欢喜，距离鸡汤文艺一步之遥。
3，标题翻得文绉绉的，直接用『人贩子』不是更好？
是枝裕和经常有过分真善美的倾向，不过感觉这更多还是他人格的体现
还是公路片啊 还是父母跟孩子之间那些绕不过去的破事 很是枝裕和
伏笔、线索的处理也极端简单。
早期的是枝裕和更多还是偏重东方家庭的慢慢悠长，这几年导演的作品反而更多偏重于社会性议题，特别是小偷家族后更甚。
6.5/10
可以预料的遗憾。依然受用于那种上路时角色间载着几分感动，却同样不免残忍的际遇；它也提供着偶尔有些温柔的片刻。在火热的生育议题讨论面前，它的视角与观点有些不可避免的“陈旧”；尤其在相近的地理区域里，能够想到最近的比照是《晨曦将至》；架设于非传统关系的家庭定义讨论、设置一个让人无从选择的道德矛盾，就明显更钟意与接受后者的展开。遗憾的还有整个卡司至多是各司其职，在不同的画面里述说着自己和角色的故事（当然直接给裴斗娜和李珠英开一个“《妙女神探》式”查案剧，我举双手赞成），却几乎捕捉不到之间更奇妙的火花——这是过往几部里都不太会发生的，或许也算一种“祛魅”吧。
没能感受到诚意，看之前简介以为是自我的反思、与自己几十年生涯的对话和所处的危机焦虑一并脆弱的呈现。没想到还是放不下过去的辉煌，主题流于表面的蜻蜓点水卖弄情怀。
结局不太喜欢。其实在是枝裕和的电影里算不得好，但尽管如此仍然是好的。不同于以往韩影呈现的犯罪都市质感，导演把景和人都打碎重塑了，融入到他的宇宙里。我仍愿意跟随他的语言去相信人的良善，但我信不到结局那种地步。
满分喜剧片 要啥自行车 这就去把《帕丁顿熊2》看了去
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