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.
一人一狗的公路片，最后也很俗套的回到了相互救赎相互陪伴的结局。好久没看钱老板演的电影了，上一部好像还是《王的男人2》。里面那只狗子和我的猫名字发音一样，还好最后没送去基地处理，要不我都会心疼。有宠物的一定要善待自己的宠物，他们也有喜怒哀乐，更重要的是他们生命里只有你的陪伴。
非一般狗子电影，没那么多人狗情未了，但是对狗子的忠诚和士兵的坚韧做了最大化的融合，“美狗”真的令人感动
每一只狗活着，都是为了生存或者帮助人类；有些人活着，纯粹是在浪费粮食
太喜欢德牧和比牧了！更像是一部爱情片，期待能陪伴这样的狗子！
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讲的人和狗的PTSD。
20220528 非常套路的电影，剧情完全都可以猜到。但是塔图姆和狗狗谁不爱看呢
狗狗的电影总是很治愈，期待自己也有一天可以拥有自己的小宠物
无功无过。’隔离7+7 4.28-5.04’
太过于老套路，但是女主最后一秒反杀很绝，三星都给这一段
真心希望这种质量不高的肥皂泡动物电影少拍，毕竟现在无脑的人多，每次这种电影过后想都不想一窝蜂涌上去买某个品种的狗，最后发现hold不住又弃养，上次军犬Max就造成了一个马犬潮。
我已经能想象这片如果在中国（内地）视频网站上线，当故事发展到后面时，那坨弹幕会充斥着什么了：“让TA死，圣母＊——噢耶，活该——可惜，漂亮国警察就这会儿动作快”，毫无难度的推测。
我觉得最后的结局很好，如果变态没死，就太压抑了
🐶是人類最好的朋友
看过丹麦版再来看这个的话，实在没啥亮点。男主对角色的诠释稍微不同点，其他细微改动其实也就那样了。评分的对比说明了问题。
虽然有一点点闷，虽然梗也非常能想到，但还是感动的，送别旧主和彼此治愈，孤单的公路片，以及半永久肌肉的查宁，保持的真不错。
有狗狗元素的公路电影样板戏，每一幕都似曾相识，没有滋味。
每每被狗拉入陈旧故事，真的，对我来说，没有不可爱的狗
露露趴在军靴上，军号响起。。。（不得不夸一下电影的配乐）
蛮牛仔风格的人狗交往过程，跟日本的人狗交往电影不一样。
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