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.
实在是受不了妮可这张毫无生气又精致别扭的“假”脸了，技术的进步虽然让她在容颜上重回稚嫩，但却又时时刻刻不在反衬出这张精致面庞下缺失的灵魂。而艾伦·索金似乎也失去了以往的魔力，让这部电影在他的序列中看起来是如此稀疏平常。
完全没有看过传记对象及剧集，没有啥触动，只觉得技术上处理得比较巧妙，剧里剧外现实、拍摄和旧影片穿插互相铺垫推进，表演自然是好的
Killing performances! 每个人物都演得那么生动、生机勃勃，展现出了最精彩的一面。除了呈现惊心动魄的一周，剧本所选择的视角和对话，尤其女性在处处受限的框架里寻求突破的细节十分动人。电视结束了，但时代的车轮滚滚向前，哪怕依然还只有几小步。
勉强3星，叙事过于碎片化，想表达的内容太满而显得凌乱，片尾能稍好一点。
实在是讲了太多东西了，女主角的婚姻困难、剧本问题以及对她是共产主义者的指责，还穿插了一些闪回，索金其实已经克制了自己太多，但是作为传记电影，还是太匠气且，太繁杂了，让表达政治观点超越了讲述人物故事，他明明是个天赋极高的编剧，没必要像这样子生怕别人看不出来似的什么都往里面写。
觉得挺好看的，这种高度理性的创作（从剧本到表演技巧拉满）也有迷人之处，都是议题，但怎么就写得这么融洽啊~~虽说从剪辑来看，容易让人混乱，但心理逻辑清晰，情境通了，说的都是一回事
大编剧导演还是比《贝尔法斯特》的那位大明星导演拍的好，可惜略显单一的调度思路让片子越看越乏味，最后连人物一张嘴都千篇一律了。
从乔布斯开始，🔒金的剧本就越来越差，试图在时间上搞点形式，挖点深度出来，还是那几板斧，结果都陷入一种编剧的匠气，普通又自信……
其实不难看的。但是索金的武器库里面就这几样东西，他笔下的人物都太趋同了。
索金对话功力还在，但是形式太太太忠于自己风格了，已经到了高度可预测程度。最后高潮这场戏也没有说服力。还是不要当导演害人害己了
看到结尾微微居然有点微微泛了泪光，在自我、时代、地位、爱情等诸多夹缝里渲染的情绪很能同感…很多人都在黑妮可基德曼我却觉得她演的巨棒！还有JK-西蒙斯也演得很暖
omg传奇请二封 前一半乱七八糟的 剪辑请直接去世
首先索金的剧本依然是让人沉迷 大段对白丝毫不会感到无聊 其次作为VEEP+AD双粉 看到托尼海尔+阿莉娅基本就想无原则加两星先 但是剧本结构越复杂 索金导演上的短板就越明显 上一部芝加哥七君子好歹还是线性叙事看着没那么突兀 到了这部就非常明显地感觉到了无镜头语言表达 剪辑稀碎 转场生硬
906｜表现欲爆表的索金这次真是讨人厌，导演水平逐渐下降的同时几乎放弃了正常的推进，于是我们就能看到这样的场景：男女主你一言我一语地搭着，然后恢弘的配乐响起，这时我们才意识到这里似乎很重要。整部电影都是如此，感觉索金拿着个手电筒给观众指点迷津：看！我要表现他们的感情了！看！伪纪录片！看！这个社会议题多么令人深思啊！可惜电影不是指哪打哪的打地鼠游戏，披上年代感的伪装也不能掩盖死气沉沉的事实。妮可·基德曼是压死忍耐的最后一根稻草，看到她那无时无刻装腔作势的僵硬的脸就烦。
一个女人再成功也要小心翼翼照顾丈夫的自尊心，努力让所有人show respect对丈夫，平衡事业和家庭。今年颁奖季那么多女性戏却看的太沮丧了，男性戏讲警匪/社会抗争/追梦，女性戏挣扎于生育/丈夫/赡养。
有两年没有认真看奥斯卡入围影片了 感觉疫情后啥都没兴趣 但又觉得少了点什么 选了一部看吧 又觉得有点太刻意了内容 让我觉得有点浪费时间
你看这个结果呐 这是多失望啊 原来一个小小的家 终究是奢望
我求求了索金好好回去写剧本，放弃导演梦。节奏问题很大，没有另一个人把控完全放飞自我的叙事，其他都靠演员自己体会。
1.13补标
一如既往信息量很大的剧本，两条时间线通过访谈隔开还是很清晰的，也足够主配角发挥演技。露西是一个非常复杂的女性形象，职业与婚姻中有着一脉相承的决绝和对完美接近偏执的坚持，妮可这次演的确实很好。结尾被拯救后大喜过望的笑容，和被背叛那刻的僵直无声，两个对比太妙。
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