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.
就是这样子吧，其实大家都不知道该怎么样和小朋友相处。如果只是当朋友，那很简单；但如果，生活在一起，需要教导他，而又被各种工作、事物缠身的时候，就会难免有情绪爆发的时候，甚至是经常，所以这很糟糕。当然，还是应该去跟小朋友沟通吧，去了解他的感受。
3.5。A24的品味真好，褪色的纽约与洛杉矶是如此的“冷漠”，而以舅舅这个角色进入到一个破碎的家庭里变成了“褪色”教育里的父亲、朋友。如访谈节目一样给观众们上一课，效果不是很佳.....
当Johnny在录音的最后说出“I'll remind you of everything”时，所有的浪潮声都回到我的脑海中。
这种片子才是真正的保守，只可惜我们国家的sb观众和没文化的影评人把一些不是保守的东西认为是保守。
Woody静静趴在Joaquin肚子上，和妈妈手舞足蹈，真好。无论年纪如何，能被理解被接受能表达感情，真好。
C'mon C'mon C'mon C'mon
儿童读物的文字
生动自然的表演，我们一路追问，一路寻求答案，或许很多问题永远都不到正确回答，但问题本身已经是活着的意义了。
相比于《二十世纪女人》的松散，本片的故事在情感塑造上还是相对集中的，尽管华金之前没怎么演过这种富有亲和力的大叔，但这么演似乎对他也不是什么难事。华金的角色就相当于清官难断家务事中的清官，妹妹因为整不了妹夫就拜托给了华金去带几天，然而华金在洛杉矶并不能兼顾工作和照顾孩子的生活，于是就把孩子带到了他要工作的纽约。工作中他经常问一些年轻人你们的梦想是什么，你们想成为什么样的人，但在这充满不确定性的答语背后，就连提问者自身也没有一个理想的答案，而记录在某种层面也算是角色自身对于生活的一些归纳和整理，外甥对自己的评价也多少有了一种在混沌中一语点醒梦中人的感觉。比较喜欢后半部分两个人在森林里怒喊的那一段，华金犹如神棍附体，把小孩子安排的明明白白，你糟透了，其实我也糟透了。
documentary+feature的完美结合
我感到最绝的部分是小儿子说“我听说过她的那些男朋友，她总是陷入麻烦，她以前还流产过”“我该怎么回答这个？我都是第一次听说”过于真实了。身为这一个家庭的儿子，不知母亲为何偏爱自己，不知姐姐和母亲为何感情微妙，和前女友难以复合，甚至不知道姐姐流产的过去。男性世界和女性世界如此隔绝，怪不得男性的缪斯是女人，女人不存在缪斯。
适合当爹妈的看，不适合巨婴看……孩子们都没有成年人想的简单
such a precious little gem! Intimately beautiful and private, some conversations you can't avoid having
当Johnny在录音的最后说出“I'll remind you of everything”时，所有的浪潮声都回到我的脑海中。
“I hope you don’t have the experience, but you probably will.”&“It’s fucked” &“Yeah，I’m not fine”
哇，好棒，被一个九岁孩子上了一课，黑白画面能让人更沉浸在故事里
生活就像小孩的絮语，没有什么意义也还要一直说下去。
3.5 原来是公路带娃片…跟城市掠影同步的是对儿童的理解、对将来之物的理解。（跟友邻开心面基了！感谢豆瓣！
适合一个人窝在角落看的电影，两代人心灵伤痛的症结沟通。导演从一开始就埋下的暗线：以原生家庭为起点的生长环境给后代以及后代的后代酿造的悲剧。性格深处的伤痕塑造了人的方方面面，引来或是被引向相似的人，然而悲哀的是没有人能够解决这一切，在自我挣扎中走向灭亡仿佛是宿命。
大量对话的平和片子。虽然是以孩童的视角切入，却觉得更像给大人看的。最后两人在树林中释放大喊的时候很感动。I am not fine and that is a totally reasonable response.
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