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.
特别好，是看了很多中国电影都没有见过的好。细腻，真实，又哭又笑。
男女主的颜很出戏 抛开他们的画面还是很电影感的 剧中的妈妈好搞笑哦
在潮汕元素基础上理想化了一些，潮汕元素也略显生硬，总体还行
估计外地人看了大呼想逃的程度？那个姑娘大概是太缺爱，要不然自己独美倒也自在。妈妈的形象其实还是蛮立体的，能干，强硬，比较封闭，但也愿意为了孩子努力改变。
3.5星，片名不如改为《潮汕爱情故事》，你温柔善良会照顾人有颜有事业，但是你离过婚就是原罪，这点实在是太真实了，如果不是女主足够优秀，我想在现实中妈妈最后压根不会转变固执的观念吧
太真实了～熟悉的取景地、对着字幕能听懂的潮汕话、而且一张整容脸都没有，人物刻画很到位～必须五星推荐
潮汕人支持系列之又一部。故事本身并没那么吸引，比较容易猜，或许还是看一些些情怀在支撑。妈妈一角挺符合印象中的潮汕女性，不过我觉得应该是比较像在拜拜习俗相对浓的地区的妈妈。有些地方妈妈和男主还是有点不大自然，但语言的使用还是保留得挺好的，特别那些语气粗口，挺到位挺有感觉。3颗星，有一颗是鼓励，希望未来能更突破。
参加了不散的点映活动，观影体验很不错！还有主创演员和玩具船长主唱映后和大家交流。故事很简单，潮汕人情怀加一分（不知道非潮汕人能不能理解其中的文化，潮汕确实整天拜神，不希望孩子找外地人，离婚的）。很好地展现了当地人的生活，很有亲切感。难得有全潮汕话的电影！总感觉男主说话的语气和仁科有点像😃。希望导演下次继续用潮汕话讲个好故事(故事很重要)。
这部电影很好，但我没能力评价它好在哪里，因为剧情太和我共情了，我技术上没有办法区分「共情」和「电影本身的好坏」。。
故事还蛮惊喜的，潮汕地域文化特性，两代人之间的观念碰撞，拍出了纪录片般的粗粝质感，自然又散漫（缺点就是咋看都不像电影，深圳部分也过于网大），喜欢妈妈这个角色。
我感觉还挺好看的。刚刚想了解潮汕的风土人情。
心情很柔软的情况下随意点开的电影。烟火气很喜欢，看的想去潮汕，但故事本身太套路了。就是平平常常的，3.5吧！
对潮汕的了解加深了一点，不仅有牛肉丸，有丰富多彩的民俗，还有遗祸千年的思想糟粕。母亲这个角色真的很出彩，素人能演得出神入化，还有那个龅牙婶谜之搞笑。最后泽凯和静珊怎么解决异地问题的？
平淡真实，质朴可爱。也许生活本来就很可爱，只是有时我们被它繁琐的一面遮蔽了双眼，而忽视柴米油盐这些琐事背后的温情。生活本来就没那么多大是大非，跌宕起伏，每个人的大山都在自己心里，要翻的也只是自己心里的那座山。配乐很好听，闽南方言配上汕头的美食美景，别有一番滋味。
3.5，潮汕方言喜剧，令人感叹的是生活和人情味浓厚，家里人对未婚子的关怀和未来祝福，新旧观念冲突植入，街坊邻里的刻画着实有些入木三分的程度，最大亮点是妈妈的选角和刻画，抱有传统观念而又能干的乡下妇女，又有在不断的学会接受，给人感觉很接地气。不过总体来说其实问题也有不少，主要是对传统婚姻爱情观念的相冲，及母亲学会接受理解的转变的地方还是浅尝辄止了，没有继续深挖，这是一个遗憾，但在这个院线电影大环境集体摆烂的现在出现这么一部方言喜剧着实算有些小惊喜，因此值得鼓励。
这是一部很有烟火气的方言电影，全素人演员展现了潮汕地区本土人文风貌，市井小镇的日常，民间祭神的繁盛景象，当地居民看戏曲的热忱，阿公阿婆的家长里短……浓郁的潮汕文化底蕴扑面而来，全能妈妈，沉迷戏曲的“甩手掌柜”爸爸，只想抱外孙的可爱奶奶，一不小心说漏嘴的“坏事”小舅，龅牙婶邻居……所有的演员贡献了最真实动人的演出，不是为了搞笑而搞笑，每一个笑点都很自然，男女主角分手那段看得人很揪心，明明深爱对方却不得不分开的无奈应该是现代很多年轻人爱情的缩影，潮汕本土音乐更是神来之笔，太接地气了！素人妈妈真的把那个为了儿女为了家族操碎了心甘愿奉献一生，用自己最朴实无华的方式彰显对儿女对这个家全部的爱的伟大而又敬爱的形象演活了！
想杭州。玩具船长挺不错。试图教化封闭保守社会环境的婚姻和家庭，方式是大喊“不要封建”，非常好笑，一家子烂泥扶不上墙的男人唱红脸，让当家女人唱黑脸，"封建"只是"外地/离婚女人不能娶"吗，“不惜代价，保护家族声誉”的骇人不在前半句，在后半句，它导致美丽善良的当家太太不能讲理性必须强势必须保守，她的善良其实没有办法领她真正走出前现代生活。
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三星半，和两个潮汕妹子一起去看的，从影院出来她们又给我讲一些电影里的梗，以及现实里这对情侣的结局，生活高于影视，生活会给出答案。
作为一个土生土长潮汕人，我认认真真地要所有人安利这个方言电影。剧情是老套的“外来媳妇本地郎”，但是画面音乐用了心思，如果你想了解潮汕，可以去看看它。里面那个妈妈，几乎是所有潮汕女性的缩影，保守、世俗、固执，像极了我一个许久未见的女性长辈，我知道那也是我的样子。我几乎从片头哭到片尾，每一帧都是乡愁。尤其是片尾那句“我是不是很没用”，泪崩。
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