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.
世事如潮水涨落，而唯有瀑布的轰鸣长留于心。都是拍疫情，对岸聚焦的是人心中的苦难，而我们只在乎声势。
还行吧，看得下去，有点矫情，强说愁，一直在期待什么，可惜也没有什么高潮，全片气氛像压抑的愁云直到最后女儿获救那一刻才感觉一下明朗起来…
结尾那段蒙太奇有点强撑的感觉，全片也收地莫名其妙
配上台词 给我感觉像是阳光普照的续曲
瀑布轰鸣，不期而至，大到影响全球的时代洪流，小到思觉失调的个人脑海，唯有将接受与理解视为新的信念。明显“仁慈”太多的钟孟宏，为防疫时代的无望生活注入了太多圆满，即便以悬疑恐怖质感时刻渲染的蓝色绝望，令一切都像是思觉失调者臆想的空欢喜。
陆陆续续看了好几次才看完，本以为就是平平常常的疫情相关的电影，人们的生活转变。然而看到最后，发现后劲挺大的。经历生活的曲曲折折，人生的转折和落差，最终慢慢伤口愈合，一切能否够过去，哪怕最后还是掉落在湍急的水里，也还有机会重新站在现实里。
配乐铺的太满了，前半段贾静雯的精神病视角居然是恐怖片配乐，每段配乐一出都感觉下一秒要变鬼片了。前半段贾静雯和每个人都剧烈冲突，女儿、前夫、公司都成了她的困境，加上悬疑惊悚的营造让上半段充满张力。下半段风格和配乐都巨变，以王静的视角展开叙事，女儿在家庭瀑布般坠落的时候主动承受压力，帮助母亲和家庭走出困境。在拯救的时候会发现每个人都变得温情了，佣人、中介、公司、消防、主任，每个人都在比赛谁是最好的好人似的，戏剧性突降。瀑布总体上体现钟孟宏的水平，下一部很值得期待。
总有一些影片虽然看完致郁，但它的存在又让你感到还有救式的幸福。
确实没有阳光普照那么浑然天成了，但我愿意为了这个故事跳入它的语境里，去相信欣赏它。它是个童话，是个喜剧，是个能触到痛处的脱口秀，所以怎样说都可以，甜一些苦一些都没关系
关于主题的阐述，还是有些不明确了。尤其最后那场戏。到底要展现什么呢。他们凭借什么，在这场瀑布/洪水中活了下来？仿佛是因为运气。
双女主简直不要太赞。很喜欢主任
出去一看果然是同一个导演
不免會拿《陽光普照》來對照，個人感覺技術退步了，演員的表現也不及《陽光》。
台灣電影一貫的散漫文藝敘事，雖不免有點拉雜破碎，但仍然聚焦在covid-19的當代語境下家庭關係的務實探究上值得抱持敬意，對「思覺失調」這類精神疾病（尤其是家人中）的關照越發凸顯東亞傳統社會中的男性缺席的擔當問題。「瀑布」的隱喻，到底是BLUE簾幕終將降下，還是奔騰而下順勢而去，抑或是女性力量的蓄積爆發？
【3.5】比起对家庭情感尺度的把控和对具体角色的剖析，钟孟宏这次更让我欣赏的是他抓住了蛰伏在这个故事背后的那一股无形力量。疫情时代、下一代对上一代的叛逆、男性施加给女性的伤害……一个具体个人的被摧毁与重建，背后是一群人，乃至整个社会生态的被摧毁与重建。这部电影某种程度上可以称之为华语版的《东京奏鸣曲》。
情节走向出乎意料，惊悚变温情。中介那场戏出乎意料，用演员感觉造成落差，值得学习。
整个观看体验要比钟导的前几部作品都要差上许多，不只是因为故事没有《阳光普照》那般流畅，整部片子的剪辑节奏把握的也相当割裂。音乐和摄影依旧好评，都是熟悉的感觉。里面那些惊悚魔怔的片段有些像《失魂》，不得不说钟孟宏独有的恐怖片处理方式。
剧情拖沓，角色“演”的痕迹过于明显，情感表达无法共鸣。一个事业型女强人，生病之后对渣男前夫的执念让人难以理解
不如阳光普照是肯定的，很像命题作文，依旧有一些设计的意象，但不可否认这些意象也很有效的能击中我。也算是疫情下的一片温暖了。贾静雯这几年真是如开窍了般
结尾那段蒙太奇有点强撑的感觉，全片也收地莫名其妙
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