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.
本来抱着随便追追电影手册的心态去看（因为之前不喜欢《湮灭》），看完之后喜提2022观影最佳～
3-，算是典型的插曲介入型成长故事，人物关系、发展都很老套。
男孩要心碎两次才能长大
每次都只差一步，也多亏这差一步，处处透着温情。
65/100
dakota johnson can be the sexiest woman alive without taking any clothes off
天呐 太温润了吧 全程微笑 很喜欢这样的电影 丝毫不觉得拖沓 太棒了 感谢苹果给我们带来怎么好的电影
哪有那么多绝对呢 就这么时常回头看一眼地走下去吧
淡淡的惆怅，每个人都很可爱，女主酒后笑嘻嘻含情脉脉的眼神，谁能受得了
我觉得一个早孕的单亲妈妈不会让一个陌生男人跟自闭症女儿待在一起然后自己去洗澡。其次自导自演的导演你最好本人也这么sweet，不然太给自己贴金了哈哈哈哈
全程姨母心看完了这部 回头发现自己真的老了 一查发现男主/导演97年 姨母实锤了。。。
淡淡的惆怅，每个人都很可爱，女主酒后笑嘻嘻含情脉脉的眼神，谁能受得了
A typical semi-tragical fling. I wanna know the details of that first kiss tho...
我是你的灵魂伴侣，但他也是//
达妹好美。如果导演不自己演的话，应该会好看很多
安德鲁是那种生气时踢了路边的草坪，下一秒会立刻用手给小草呼呼的人。他们的恋情转瞬即逝，但他们的故事里有好多好多爱。
还行吧，音乐挺好听的。但是剧情蛮无聊的。男主很敏感很有爱心，他跟别人相处的时候都还行，唯独跟剧中女主相处时最无聊最墨迹。
7/10 其实很多细节还不错啦，domino母女关于solitude和empty room的台词还是很有echo的，plus 霓虹灯下的Mrs grey 谁看了不迷糊
三个关于处于人生不同阶段的三个人的coming of age story 台词写得很出彩 在心情不好的时候看会感到特别温暖 cooper很有才是真的
有点点感觉97年的男主/导演/编剧在“blame”女性（i.e.母亲&达妹）settle for their partering choices...
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