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.
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现在已经不大喜欢这种借一个情欲故事来探讨亲子关系或者别的什么所谓精巧的剧本，除了有些撩人的情欲之外，其实没多大意思，因为这些探讨充满刻意的“假”，这是不真实的，并不存在这种探讨和后来的醒悟，不过是种文艺的幻想
男角色都有点工具人；乐队的翅膀确实挺QQ秀的；女长辈们的美少女战士变身好帅；虽说是华人的故事，但却看到共情了；小熊猫的IP挺好的；那个咒语听起来十分亲切！
直击中式家庭痛点，剧情共情能力很强，不过后半段相对失望，解决问题的过程过于天真，毕竟这是动画片，就是有着现实世界中没有的奇思妙想，倒也没必要较真。希望每个家庭都能做到相互尊重，父母居高临下的“我这是为你好”，没有什么比这更伤孩子的心...
很喜欢这个设定，把叛逆期变成一个实体来比喻真的很有新意。通常pixar disney的电影都是老少皆宜，大人也可以enjoy，但是这部有几个镜头有点太过青少。总体很喜欢，对asian family诠释的很到位了。
今年最值得一看的性喜剧（也希望关注老年人及女性性需求的电影成为每年的标配或曰常态类型），更难得的是，除最后一幕的女服务生外，全片仅有男女主二人，且大部分时间都局限于狭小的室内空间中，却毫无枯燥拖沓之处。调度与空间运用足够丰富，所以也没有太突出的“舞台剧感”。台词遍布妙笔，字字有味，幽默自嘲、批判揭示与心路梳理皆有。男主演达利尔·麦克科马克不仅颜值身材气质声线俱佳，而且演活了这个本来差点儿平板单薄到家的男妓形象。艾玛·汤普森的表演更是难以形容地精彩。缺点也有，就是一些设定和剧情推进还是比较套路、理想化或有主题先行之感，比如女主事事循规蹈矩的性格、宗教老师的身份与男主的原生家庭创伤经历。最后依靠自慰达到高潮与对镜的自我凝视、悦纳与和解相当点题，也很有力量。（8.5/10）
对标的应该是coco？皮克斯对民族文化和奇幻元素的融合，还是关于家庭和成长的主题，但这部无论画面还是剧情都太草率了点
PS.我也想抱抱红色熊猫
22_067。很可爱，谁不想把脸埋在一个大大的毛绒绒的温暖的生物上呢起码我挺想的只要我不用处理它掉的毛发和排泄物就行（……。但形象还是相当刻版就是了，几乎不存在的父亲，管制小孩行动学习和朋友，控制小孩一切的母亲，到后半剧情就是真的，可能就是针对观众比较低龄吧。另外我真的挺介意那段像粤语又不是粤语的是啥东东啊
被四个女孩的友谊狠狠的暖到(虽然有些小插曲)
和之前某个时刻的自己和解了😭😭😭😭😭我不必感到羞耻的😭我不必😭😭狠狠共情😭熊猫太可爱了，我好爱那个动情的眼神动画😋😋
我觉得砸破法器变熊猫这个设定挺好玩的，其他的就…导演和包宝宝是一个，怪不得。
三星半吧，新奇的故事设定，但骨子里还是老套的，还有父亲作为最后那根稻草的关键点，似乎来得太过突兀，和母亲之间的故事其实可以再多铺垫一点的。
偏低龄的那一挂，不是我取向，但给小朋友看真好，世界上不是只有王子公主和鲜明善恶，也没有那么多的奇遇。多希望我小时候也有人能安慰我，不需要活在别人的期待中，不必为青春期的变化感到羞涩，不必总是站在父母的鞋子里为他们的不和而抱歉... 那样的话，turning adult会容易很多。
“我太厌倦追求完美了。我对她来说永远都不够好，对任何人都是。”不要再去迎合他人了，要与内心里可爱的小熊猫共存呀。（说起来当然很容易，虽然有点想到了自己。
特别喜欢，作为亚洲人挺共情的，没有在种族这件事上感受到丝毫不适。在meimei第一次仪式和小熊猫面对面的时候一下就哭了，后面一直又哭又笑，不是因为具体的什么情节，而是一种从心里的纯粹的感动。最后我真想说小熊猫也太可爱了！
4.5。1.疫情之下最正常的电影，青春期的叛逆与成长的主题被包裹在魔法、变身的外壳里，这是典型的皮克斯动画作品。2.未成年之前生活在父母的规训之下，成年工作之后生活在社会与法人组织的规训之下，这是大陆一代又一代人的真实写照。3.为人父母，接受孩子的不完美，为人子女，追求自由，努力做最一个真自己。
关于接纳自己的青春题材动画，故事其实很传统，华人导演也终于将中国元素与全世界都能读懂的主题和情感融合在一起，这才是自然而然的文化输出，不单单是为了迎合某个族裔的口味或者盯着他们口袋里的钞票。
三处哭点：“不管我再怎么努力，都不够完美。”“我是你妈，跟我说什么对不起。”“你走得越远，我越骄傲。”没想到不那么喜剧。戳人心，展示国人的内心，真不易。
对于东亚女性来说很难相信最后的结局……too cruel to fall for it……
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