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.
什么都在讲，但是什么都感觉说的不清不楚，总觉得少了点什么
对于同性的感情来说，确实是一部很真实反映问题的一部电影
无论家庭的形式是怎样，来自家人的爱总是真实的。
什么都在讲，但是什么都感觉说的不清不楚，总觉得少了点什么
看预告片时就觉得挺有趣的家庭喜剧，漂亮暴躁的柜中哥哥突如其来的初吻，基爸爸们离婚大战互相倒掉对方珍藏红酒剪碎Prada真的有笑到，笑料不断的背后其实还回归到温情，其实人到中年分手能够在孩子和财产上坦然真的是双方都要是好人才行【所以是喜剧不是写实片
自然流畅的轻喜剧，人类不是只有因为血缘才能建立亲密关系，另外LGBT的故事再也不是苦大仇深爱而不能之类的了，和异性恋一样，都是人，而人性都是复杂的
《婚姻故事同志抓马版之我的二加一个冤种爸爸》
当别人开始谈论离婚的时候，我们还在纠结能不能恋爱。透过年轻儿子的视角，讲述一个同志家庭的分崩离析、痛并快乐着的成长历程。每一个鲜活生命的诞生，都有无数人发生千丝万缕的交集，世界上没有完美的婚姻，但可以有完美的离婚。
很有趣哈哈哈哈哈好drama 看之前没想到这么drama
没人不知道麦克白的故事，但拍成这样的恐怕也只有科恩嫂她老汉了吧，哈哈哈
有人继续做朋友
任何人的组成，都是千丝万缕的爱拼凑在一起才诞生，前因后果并不重要，如何下去也不重要，你我才重要。对于很少看同影的来说，都很少去想过这样的家庭，也会有家长里短的矛盾，甚至更多，我想过两个人都是99%的奇妙设定，却也不及0.01%的戏剧冲突。另外三个孩子之间不也挺好磕的吗，已经是我2022的十佳之一了。
看似鬼马搞笑，但大主题掩盖“出轨”我觉心里不爽，这点错了就是错了吧
片名取得好啊，爱就是这样，又复杂又真挚
喜剧部分还行就是两老gay完全看不出在一起二十年，在一起二十年的人肯定不是这样
无论家庭的形式是怎样，来自家人的爱总是真实的。
不管家庭如何组建，生活总是一地鸡毛，但爱是串联起独立个体的千丝万缕，让我们在称之为生活的旅程中建立联结，扣紧臂膀。男主纪录片的收尾好喜欢噢，同性家庭不一定和睦幸福于异性家庭，出轨和离婚也很正常，打开了我对lgbt群体婚恋的认识和想象。
结尾彩蛋很有意思
感觉像是下着小雨的傍晚，店家的灯光昏黄，熙熙攘攘。这种氛围写实，舒服，温柔又浪漫。
异性恋的家庭可以养育出同性恋子女，而异性恋同样可以在同性家庭健康成长。很新颖的话题。
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