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.
极强的处女作，成熟，面面俱到，深浅相间，持续关注。
21年新片里目前最喜欢的一部，是夏天的节奏，两个女主角通信的时候就像十九世纪的场景，非常暧昧热烈，在奥迪尔的壁画下面，在电影院的荧幕前，统统是灵魂的交缠。好喜欢最后Emily的挣扎，“你带着自由与勇气奔向了我。但那并不是爱，那是错觉。你对我有很多期待和想象。”这段太美了
女主不是我的第一眼美女，但是不影响我对影片的喜欢。夏天真好，海边真好，爱情真好
小狗的爱就是最好的爱，谁能拒绝疯狂直球热烈但又不乏腼腆内敛克制的年下呢。
果然 我很钟情于这种只问过程不问结果的爱情，干柴烈火，巫山云雨。我什么时候能有呀(˶‾᷄ ⁻̫ ‾᷅˵)
Anais趁年轻又脱了一把 看着她穿着各种夏装在巴黎小跑就已经享受了 对主线主题反倒没有很在意 大概是在讲年轻敢闯跟着自己荷尔蒙走的小姑娘和年长稳重长辈的一段affaire吧 17/09/2021 UGC Velizy
女学生在一个暑假依次拿下一对中年夫妻，真的很法（fà）国
“不。我想应该不会。”
在里尔看过首映还见到了导演和女主角！（导演比女主还漂亮
“你能意识到吗？你奔向了我，带着自由与勇气。”
有趣的小品，结尾女主终于和自己，和生活，和自己与他人的关系尝试着和解了。喘息声和海浪叠加在一起好好听（年上太美啦
《阿娜伊斯的爱情》，唉，女人好无聊啊，除了青春和爱，好像别的都没有意义了一样。也只有法国那种语境下才有这样的片子。法国人真是喜欢挥霍的人群，挥霍自由、青春和不负责任，以人人都有“追求爱的权利”之名。
我以为会发生点什么的时候，什么都没有发生；我以为应该没啥可发生了的时候，竟然发生了。这不是Anaïs爱情，这是Anaïs秀场，一路从巴黎撩到北法，开始那幕捧花小跑戏有赎罪内味了…
愛上你從來不是因為迷失自己 無法抵擋兩個女人互相寫信 和糟老頭的戲份是要鬧哪樣…
“恢复感情的复杂性”导演做到了，爱情终究是虚幻的面具
男人都在特么想什么 想同时拥有作家妻子和情人 平衡好这俩个 自己就是生活的王了 完全没有把女性当人看了 于是情人对男人失望透顶 转而被作家吸引去勾引她了 虽然作家深刻地了解到这就是年轻女子的幻想 但还是抵不住欲望 女主的长相不是特别喜欢 换成双男版会不会更带劲呢
当激情与幻想遇上成熟与现实。欲望是时间之外的东西。
而是爱情本身
女学生在一个暑假依次拿下一对中年夫妻，真的很法（fà）国
真的太美了！这部电影简单热烈得就像她的剧情一样！我太喜欢了！南法的热烈直接和缱绻知性，这两个女主简直是南法最美的两面啊啊啊啊倒计时25天！南法等等我！
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