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.
除此之外，还具有几分纪录片的真实鲜活和漫不经心。
潮汕人觉得很真实，演得也真的很自然。最后妈妈在飞机上眼眶含泪说“你妈是不是很没用”的时候真的我也看哭了。
前提就是，男生真的爱女孩。那么家人的阻力也没关系
潮汕宣传片？作为电影，摄影缺乏电影感。故事老套、没有情节及内在的递进，隔靴搔痒展现一些皮毛。请不要将mini版电视剧或加长版vlog投入大银幕了。
方言听不懂，但是却不影响观影，有些时候需要的真实状态反而更容易让人入戏。而不是强行的去改变它，让它迎合更多人。
老古板封建传统思想真是挺恶臭的。
淦，太真实了，这炒蛋的神火，折磨着你，也折磨我
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！
以俗套的爱情故事为主线，夹杂着有关隔代思想矛盾和地域文化差异的表达。潮汕地区特有的拜拜，邻里之间的攀比与祝福，母子间激烈的争吵，这是一部属于小镇青年的电影，源于导演和编剧生命体验的私人影像。但是人类的情感是相通的，尤其喜欢最后手机拍摄的坐飞机在西湖出游片段。让我想起初中时妈妈带我去游乐园玩一起坐过山车时她紧张的样子，原来天底下的妈妈都一样，有时候“不讲道理”有时候又温柔可爱。前半段稍微有些生硬，后面渐入佳境。
3.5⭐️ 平易朴实，娓娓道来，中间和结尾的曲子妙不可言，果然，唯有真情是最打动人心的。
如果结局停留在去机场前，值八分。可惜最后还是落了俗套。没必要强行大团圆，生活里能有这种转折的少之又少。
虽然不太喜欢，但是妈妈演的好舒服，在那个想要孙子的邻居给妈妈炫耀她的小孙女好可爱的时候忍不住哭了
带着离过婚的女朋友回家见家长的故事
致我的前任。曾经邀请我去潮汕过年，后来没有机会了，通过电影弥补一点遗憾。
这部电影想打破外地人对潮汕的刻板印象，潮汕老一辈虽然封建，但是现在已经有很大的变化了。他们虽然更喜欢本地人，但更希望自己的孩子能幸福。影片很真实的还原了潮汕家庭的生活习惯。老奶奶和黑妞是本篇的笑点，只有听得懂潮汕话才会觉得好笑。没有刻意的煽情，真情实感的流露让我潸然泪下。
饭桌戏
如果结局停留在去机场前，值八分。可惜最后还是落了俗套。没必要强行大团圆，生活里能有这种转折的少之又少。
3父亲看似漫不经心的举动，母亲出远门特别拿了东西防止晕车，最懂你的人还是枕边人，粗中有细。
母亲离开前看守店的儿子，人设立住了。
寸头、电梯里的衣架的隐喻都不错，母亲背负了来自传统的多大包袱
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