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.
配乐都好好听🥺 雪景也很漂亮 剧情就so so..
不像一般的贺岁片这么吵，节奏这么快，一开始看有点不耐烦，到最后还是很温暖。
主管韩智敏暗恋多年的好友金英光却即将结婚，结局和在酒店多次相亲失败的李阵郁跨年
每一条线都草草了事毫无新意 还不如翻拍三谷幸喜的那一部
与其说相信灵魂伴侣，不如说修行到一定境界，可以百搭了
无聊，我本来就不喜欢真爱至上这种类型的，这还压根比不上真爱至上……
其实整体还不错，很美好，但太过理想化就显得刻意了。韩智敏yyds。谁跳楼看见林允儿不犹豫？还有都是一对一对的，为啥光洙和男人😂
命题可以，剪辑太碎了。所谓灵魂伴侣就是让自己成为更好的人，也许最终并没有在一起，也许从未在一起，但是爱一个人让彼此变得更好。
与其说相信灵魂伴侣，不如说修行到一定境界，可以百搭了
太过于罗曼蒂克理想化到缺少真实生活化的共情。
很不错啊，也是对被称之为神仙伴侣的灵魂伴侣进行了假设。有时我们其实也搞不清楚是找到了灵魂伴侣还是相处出了灵魂伴侣。
四个人轮换搭配，猜想可能的生活，脸盲症看得有些辛苦迷糊，不过还是挺欣赏这种创新的艺术方式。如果人生真的可以这样子尝试不同的选择和活法就太有意思了
林允儿怎么这么漂亮 她一出来简直整个人都在发光 故事支离破碎的 可惜了这么好的演员阵容 不过新年看看还行 挺应景的
真爱至上真是个好模板，还算合格的节日童话片
极好的创意、极好的故事、极好的音乐、稀烂的剪辑
在电影院看的很幸福 因为在女主角一样的职位工作过 非常共感 最后电梯里那段我真实落泪 还有女主弟弟的脸完全my style
像个贺岁片的拼盘，和和气气的，剧情也没有大起伏
其实讲的有点点混乱 同样的场景衣服 突然就换了伴侣 换了另一种可能229
30岁的林允儿的颜持续能打，而40岁的智敏姐的颜是女神护体吗？
虽然不现实还有点老套，但是在跨年的时候看点俊男靓女圆圆满满皆大欢喜的故事有谁不喜欢呢~
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