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.
4.5/10 极度煎熬，能看完算是我有观众的职业道德。企图建立高度类型化的叙事框架，人物状态却彻底松散失焦。《小偷家族》中致密又沉重的“非血亲家庭关系”则简化成僵死的剧作套版，IU和姜栋元的摩天轮表白桥段几欲滑向陈年的韩式爱情片。社会批判更是不要提，微妙的反堕胎立场直接把本片打入了万丈深渊。好的段落有一些，但也都是是枝的行货。前金棕榈得主就不要拿这个水准的作品混戛纳主竞赛了，糊弄鬼呢。
宋康昊影帝实至名归，同时对单亲妈妈的行为感到迷惑。不愿意堕胎，一气之下把孩子父亲杀了，生下孩子之后又抛弃的行为，我无法接受。之后又连累着真心帮孩子找父母的掮客，并且掮客们还心甘情愿的搭上自由，我更是一头雾水。
试图用温情去包裹苦难，丝毫没有想着去批判，实在有些平庸。“谢谢你出生”这样的话怎么能说得出口。
to much narcissistic shits
Mega. “可惜”都不至于的地步，就是失望。洗车场这种俗气煽情的桥段，和是枝裕和之前作品中细腻的感动相比，一个天上一个地下。丽姐是转型比较成功的吧，但是不懂怎么就能算“影后人选”了，还是在“认真演戏”的感觉，戏份最重最鲜明超过宋康昊，但是换个人来演也不会更好我觉得，剧作上没有更多发挥空间了，不值得。
概念还行,但组织得挺差,既没啥bromance也没啥剧情推进
还是有佳句在的，虽然整体尝起来像一碗鸡汤，但中间还是有被煽到，比如摩天轮挡眼睛。是作为一个是枝裕和电影来讲让人觉得诧异和失望，本来应该还是有些更锋利的东西，结果似乎所有人都是好人。如果他是国内的某个新人导演的作品，其实是可以夸一夸的，但这是是枝裕和啊!
过于温柔的小偷家族，角色构成和核心理念都非常相似。前半部十分平淡，人物转变也过于迅速。得到了后半部融入角色心理，行为动机才站得住。但也只是站得住。故事里，无论是不得不抛弃孩子的年轻母亲，还是怀揣着伤痛做掮客的二人组，以及等待犯罪现场的警察，都对于买卖孩子这件事过于宽容。尽管不得不承认有些孩子也许卖了会得到一个更好的人生，但这是一场自以为正义的拿孩子人生的赌博啊。打掉孩子罪更轻，还是丢掉孩子罪更轻，也许不得而知。但可以肯定的是，这两者都是罪。是枝裕和式的细节元素还是比较有趣的，关上灯互相感谢对方来到世界的仪式也很温暖。这个剧本留给演员发挥的空间不是很大，其中宋康昊的演技还是比较细腻的。
美国人民也觉得cia非常操蛋，凯奇终于演了一个不是烂片的电影，可喜可贺。另外她闺女的演员，因为姓sheen，我还以为是查理辛的闺女，没想到不是，但是她妈是凯特贝金赛。
导演太温柔太舍不得了。IU的形体完全没有生育过孩子的样子。
意外的是，“娃娃鱼”李东辉的客串是亮点，不愧是自带笑点的男人～
大多角色都纸片人既视感，尤其可有可无的裴斗娜，这还不是致命的。重点是，在道德层面制造的挑战意味，是普罗大众们情感上基本不可能接受的逻辑，为了剧情而剧情，远远逊于是枝裕和作品过往接地气的美誉。两个贩卖婴儿的惯犯同时是人情社会中的圣徒。隔着成人童话的滤镜，罪犯被无罪化，这动摇了整部影片的地基，也妨碍了原本带有锋芒的议题得到颠覆性的反思。
工整且乏味，但是却不算是是枝裕和的正常水准。题材老酒装新瓶就不提了。小偷家族我就已经觉得有些太明显了，这部却宛如儿童带拼音版本的小偷家族。家庭血缘和爱的主题，讲得越满越着急似乎就越难动人。每一个演员都是好演员，但是IU裴斗娜和宋康昊却都在这个真善美的故事变得乏味。除此之外，是枝裕和镜头下的日本美得意味深长，但是韩国却乏善可陈。故事发生在釜山首尔或者是上海北京都没啥差别。缺少了对故事背景文化的领悟和欣赏，这些小人物的故事就变得无比乏味且啰嗦。是枝裕和这次就像是做小学一年级数学卷考了个高分的数学系高材生：手到擒来且漫不经心
Full of narcissistic cliché shit. But Paddington 2 is really good though.
无趣的戏中戏，凯奇并不会因此而翻身，但哈维却有可能迎来新的发展！
如果说水土不服，那就是这个故事放在韩国真的太不自然了，而且姜东元和IU一个也没法给康昊子送戏，唯一能打的裴斗娜和康昊子几乎没有对手戏，饶是再多再美的镜头也就是个不合时宜。是枝裕和离开日本土壤就yw的水平，证明他终究做不了大师。
是枝裕和失手了，剧本太差，硬造温情，引人不适。
解构自己的明星形象
不够欢脱，也不够洒脱
淡得仿佛是喝完10杯白开水以后的第11杯，没有泪点、没有隐喻，立了很多flag以为主角团至少要死两个人，最后就这么平淡结束，是不是有点可惜了宋康昊裴斗娜……作为我看的第一部是枝裕和，好事是以后看他的其他电影会被对比得更好，坏事是我不想再看是枝裕和了。
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