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.
人生啊，体验过了，就算了，还是要回归本质，认真提升自己。
普通的勵志片，拍得最用心的傳教片，少了點迷信，多了點宗教探討
了解主创想把90年代的校园电影带回给如今的观众，但是假欢乐有点多。预告片比正片好看。
为什么分这么低？开篇以为又是一部讲拳击的搏击片儿，慢慢慢慢在不知不觉中我被拖下了水，后面就泪目了，估计这就是神和美国人民信仰的力量吧……
受洗之后出了这么多事，这也算是对他的考验吧😂
梅尔吉普森没（好）戏拍到老，人生难预料。
三星半吧，概念其实非常好！就是长了点，后期说教也稍微多了一些。以及……居然没有law sue吗？得打官司啊………………
看得蛮舒服，主页点评竟然有质疑剧情的…真实事件改编质疑个蛋
权游老演员再就业啊这是🥲能活下来就是奇迹了
早知道留个纸条就没事了。
冒险家精神是可贵的，狗狗也是很可怜的，但是把重要信息放在石标里跟出门没有留字条这种低级错误真是让人无语……拍的不如儿时看的小说杀狗取暖让人印象深刻……
拳手成为一个神父，需要奇迹和决心，浪子回头金不换。
图一乐，从视听到剧作都非常尴尬，白瞎了还不错的概念，可能导演只适合拍MV（演员有好多电视剧咖哦，太眼熟了
还原度很高，很真实，但是总感觉缺乏一些吸引力和剧情起伏感。
熬过无聊枯燥的前40分钟，斯图神父的故事开始了不一样的转折，信仰和人生面对困境的抉择都有借鉴意义
结构安排不太好，剧情设计也欠妥，总感觉重心有点偏。
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本是不错的题材 何况有真实改编加持 哪知拍的这么乱 梅尔吉布森这个小40岁的女友到头来也只是个关系户导演 大长篇幅描写犯罪与拳击生涯 想达成强对比的想法没错 但太过于抢戏 剧情和矛盾转折太突兀 让后面的改变很难入戏 不硕找两个肌肉猛男演父子情深 马克沃尔伯格这张白左的脸让人感觉下一秒就要一拳冲上去
寓意深远的一次极地考察探险，虽然并不是一直如前半段一般惊心动魄，事件的发展还是很现实的。不是说没有短板，可是实景拍摄和一些因为孤独和绝望以及病痛带来的虚妄幻觉还是有显示出来，权游和浴血黑帮主演携手同行打造的真实寒冰探险记可圈可点。最后看到他们被营救的瞬间，以及在后台真实出现的娜亚实在有让人飙泪的冲动，3.5分。
Rebel写给千禧年和千禧一代的一张生日卡。
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