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.
我们那些冤假错案被关十几二十年的案件 有没有一个人负过责？这是一部辱华电影
但权势者需要之时还要讨价还价地拿走它。
是一部很好的传记片，但现实意义和影响可能需要慢慢撬动
就……真的很中规中矩的一部电影，没有情感，没有悬念，没有期待，结果也如料到的一样正能量，这种电影真的很像我看主旋律作品的感觉，台词配音太出戏，而且剧情超级琐碎，感觉乱七八糟，尤其对脸盲的我来说开头几十分钟真的煎熬，最大感触还是基于真实人物改编这一点吧……
拍得振奋人心，正义终将胜利，印度的电影剧本越来越好，也越来越关注现实，真正的再将生活呈现，寻求改变进步🐂🍺
当导演想在现实情况和电影艺术表达中寻求一个平衡的时候，一切悲怆的情绪爆发，一个英雄般的人物诞生，这个电影就感性了。#8.0分#
完全没发觉这部片的时长哎！人类对故事的接受度永无止境
虽然有一些镜头浮夸和人物扁平的弊病，自然比不上同类型的辩护人，但对种姓歧视赤裸裸的暴露和揭示足以令人胆寒。人竟能对同等的他人如此轻贱和蔑视，40年代如此，90年代如此，甚至如今也仍如此。人间和地狱相邻，不平等是世界永远的议题。希望我们也有如此电影，有胆量正视，有勇气斗争。斗争万岁。
天天嘲笑人家印度，看看人家拍的什么电影，我们拍的什么电影，可笑可悲
2021冷门佳作top2 2022-1-14 一个超级烂的片名，一个超级好的电影！164分钟一丁点也没有觉得长，这就是好电影的魅力，丝丝入扣娓娓道来，跌宕起伏酣畅淋漓！印阿三天性乐观，在不富裕甚至在地图都无法标注，姓氏来由都不详的小村落欢歌笑舞，他们对未来生活怀揣美好憧憬。不幸的是ZF相关机构充当了HSH的角色，肆意妄为的蹂躏他们，践踏他们的灵魂。他们孤立无援，看着真TMD绝望，女主多少次鬼哭狼嚎的嘶吼，咆哮他们的神失明吗？人间堪比地狱神不管管吗？悲痛欲绝之时，一个正义的律师拽住她们，给他们希望，一步一步走向光明。人类文明走过几千年，是踩着一页又一页的黑暗史走到今天。想起我同学的一句话“我们在黑暗中摸索”，我们只要还不是无比光明，说明我们还存在黑暗。人类历史就是一部争战史，就是一部流血史，就
但真实事件改编真的非常有力量
警察犯罪漏洞太大了，这也给律师很多的机会，没有摔跤好看，感觉差了点意思，为真实的律师点赞，有信仰才有希望
真实改编是本片最值得夸耀的地方 民主法制的建立和斗士愤慨激昂的斗志是现代人权主义建立健全文明社会的核心价值 片子的剧情和剪辑很标准不花哨 虽然有些镜头有些年代感 但叙事节奏一直在线 人物塑造特点鲜明且工整 而最值得称赞的是一个民族值得承认错误的气度和勇气而不是欲盖弥彰
把人当人
这种题材的电影，“根据真实事件改编”就已经赢了一大半了。
富强 民主 文明 和谐 自由 平等 公正 法治 爱国 敬业 诚信 友善
正如女友所说，要警惕完美圣人英雄型电影，除了情节和人物设计，相比辩护人差了几个档次了。不知道什么原因，导演对节奏的把控也不太好，没必要拍那么久的。再吐槽一句我看的版本翻译真的太差了。
果不其然，高赞评论又开始自我反思了，真凡事要求这么严格早清北复交了吧，还舔着脸手动感恩。
幸好最高法有良心，社会意义大于影片本身质量，但是人家敢拍能拍呀！
有些电影的社会意义早已大于了影片本身。
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