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.
Broke & broken换英国人来拍就完全不是一个调调了吧🥺结尾真美，勇敢万岁
女主把我最讨厌的性格都浓缩在一起也太厉害了吧。聒噪，莽撞，没有气质扮可爱，没钱还不愿换小房子。随便用自己的单身站在高位评价别人婚姻生活，觉得自己情感状态有问题是因为对方。欠钱不还，欠房租，打断别人说话，活在自己的世界里。突然地说教，爱花的伪小资。莫名地神经质奔跑起来，所有行为都具有攻击性，每个成熟人都要为她的愚蠢买单。估计跑步的时候脑子里在想戈达尔。
月光才是真正情人
同性线有点着急啊，想要暧昧场景多一点，明晃晃的性爱场景少一点。倒是结尾valerie说自己不能接受婚外情，是个一语双关的妙点。
“你要的更多，你是对的。你严肃地对待爱情，你是对的。”
？ 女主怎么这么大手大脚，实在是看的很难受
回来翻评论才知道那段是在布列塔尼，我去错了时间和不对的人，记忆里只有阴冷没有阳光。这部电影讲道理有点过于直给，少了点空间。另外尺度也不适合和别人一起观看，尤其是习惯了被“保护”的观影体验的人。大意了，一度有点尴尬。。以后记得不要随便邀约这么私人的事情。
我的milf之魂再次燃烧，沙滩和结尾两场戏★★★★★★
那些从没花时间学会独处的人因此也没学会如何爱他们自己于是请别人来替自己完成
女性之爱，沙滩的桥段真美，对成熟的女性可能也很难抵抗吧，结局印证了那句“C’est la vie”
这可能不是爱情 是她在女作家身上看到自己的投射 是幻想 终究还是一场summer fling
这个电影看完居然有点上头，是因为很简单的就是喜欢而一往无前吗，很难说。但我觉得这里面有几处让人竟然有些细腻的让人感动，安尼斯和妈妈间的爱也一直让人觉得很感动，看起来对什么都无所谓的人，对最爱自己的人的不舍和依恋。两个女主处在不同的生命阶段，但都在不断寻找内心对爱的追求，看的时候没有更多的觉得是百合剧，而就是对“爱”和直觉的追求探索。毛毛躁躁安尼斯可以为爱豁出去，艾米丽成熟会对爱思前想后。是个关于夏天的好电影啊～
野鸭子多自在啊，不过嘴巴里吃进沙子不会难受么？
不要挥洒它，用它做点什么。
从恐惧幽闭到回到幽闭，阿娜伊斯终于遇到了一段让她成长的爱情，即使只有一个短暂的夏天。
对爱的诠释太平面了，缺少一种催化剂，还需多铺垫结尾电梯一吻才能有汹涌的力量。
7/10。刚看完《世界上最糟糕的人》，迷茫的青年人似乎很容易对年长之人的独特阅历与克制（或是谨慎）而产生crush，又因人生阶段的差异渐行渐远。是趁还没深陷之前分开，还是共同走进那个所谓的“恶性循环”？
沙滩那段亲密戏很美，海浪声和喘息声交融，亲吻对方耳后的沙砾...
几年前我说过，女主就是未来法国的于阿姨，眼神与表情戏十足，就像年轻时候的于阿姨。床戏很喜欢，有一种柔软又带欲望的美
久违的法语片。很喜欢最后一段对话。如果能了解，爱情只是生命的一部分，生命就会变得无限宽广。但理智不一定每次都能占上风。
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