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.
個人覺得這部其實蠻無聊的… 索爾金的劇本很厲害，但是這種五幕和電影表現的sitcom 風格格格不入。 同時感覺內容十分鬆散，同題材我其實覺得還沒有Trumbo有張力和有趣。 演員出彩的情況下，索爾金的自我重複也許開始變得平庸。
是我没get到的一部艾伦·索金作品了，化妆师怎么可以把妮可基德曼化得这么不像妮可基德曼。
没能坚持看完，演员阵容很好，但是主线情节的节奏有点弱，看了一半不到没看懂想表达点啥，貌似有点对那个时代女演员的个体缺少尊重？但是用这样一个很美国且带有历史背景的题材 可能作为中国观众来理解还是蛮有难度的
開了一個「當代凶線」的頭，最後高開低走，後段「驚慄片」重頭段落拍得很洩氣。新貓女演技不錯，期待她在大作的表現。
工整剧本下是高饱和度的台词和海量的信息。但影片要表达的关键词又在几个重要场景中呼之欲出。妮可·基德曼贡献了又一个鲜明且与众不同的银幕形象，结尾的那场戏四两拨千斤，喜剧表象下的暮色与沉重就仿如最后化身黑白的镜头，令人慨叹唏嘘。
短评区内有一位朋友总结的极其到位：男人为了拯救生意和女人，他成功了；女人为了拯救内容和婚姻，她失败了。当Lucy拿出两张手帕时，生活和喜剧的联接被彻底打破，无法再认真对待感情，此后只剩表演。整体制作精良，但在妮可的表演下显得不那么重要了~
最后竟然不是和胖子在一起吗？what？故事节奏稍微慢了点，前面社恐的描画多了些，毕竟谁不社恐？不用再体会一遍了吧……
这类好莱坞往事题材似乎都是这种节奏：一件小事中女主感受到男主出轨，并在此期间不停寻求验证，但男主的各种做法都是向着女主，然而最后高潮来了，男主也承认了出轨。妮可巴登提名最佳男女演员毫无质疑，但是故事的套路化也很是焦心。个人觉得巴登最有希望得奖。
当年，曾陪家人看了很多集‘ I Love Lucy’。两位主演都很努力，表现得不错。但这部传记片营造的凝重气氛，感觉与’I Love Lucy’的轻松欢快，不大合拍，
心理障碍拍的很潦草 最后一顿反杀来的莫名其妙
与时俱进、优雅流畅的类型佳作，思维-意识-阐述的现代媒介/人类行知学标杆。窗口视讯间的友邻是相互拯救的彼此，人工智能的指令是呼唤求救的讯息，桌面通知是大脑优先级判定的进化更迭。人们自由穿梭在破碎空间后的虚拟世界，网路的便利却比疫情更能封闭现实的活动范围，它加固了现有安全稳定的秩序统治，也解放了人类使其拥有化身造物主的全能视角，在这个当下比任何时代都更熟知并贴近窥见监视资本主义的权力集团、游荡在光明黑暗面的两端。这些魔爪埋藏在侵犯用户权益的长长的使用须知中，也躲避在判定用户现实主体的习惯喜好中，更尾随于用户行动位置的人身安全中。人们在零和一的世界中得到升级进化，却被更为广阔的恐惧阴霾所笼罩，让本就惊恐受伤的个体进一步暴露在病菌培养皿中，唯有迈向现实的勇气才能带领我们去打破单线程运算的程序闭环。
女神演当然没问题的，澳洲演员在美国操着拉丁口音……emm还是很强了。但是剪辑未免太乱了吧，受剧本影响剪辑影响，冲最佳女主难咯
男神傷透我心之哈維爾巴登再遇爛片⋯實在是太 無 聊 了，快進+分為5段看完的。美名其曰「傳記片」，看完卻絲毫沒有激起進一步瞭解人物及背景的慾望。把閃回用成這般辣雞也是沒誰了。btw妮可基德曼怎麼變這個樣子了啊也太嚇人了wdm（只是學會了圍讀一詞
#豆瓣电影
社恐患者如我应该会喜欢这部，掏出包包里东西发现大家都差不多的装备
索德伯格也是相当赶潮流了，新冠疫情+大数据时代+Metoo，把这三大热门话题融合成了一个90分钟故事，拍得有速度感有反思，女主单枪匹马挑战强权也算copy自己的《永不妥协》了，至于对《后窗》的致敬打破了从偷窥者视角切入，而是以被窥看者作为主角，正好暗示了信息时代每个人都面临了被监控的命运，片中有两段让人后脊发凉:一是女主虹膜信息被授权只是因为同意了某网站条款，二是犯罪者轻易通过定位和搜索记录成功拦截女主位置。
+0.5 哇是久违的很单纯的不断迭代的悬疑感（而且是在感人的90min时长内！covid/tech元素也很自然不觉得烦
最后一幕的失神忘词，全片的动情时刻
后疫情时代、无孔不入的语音助手与Metoo，Kimi确实是一部充满时代气息的作品。希区柯克式的视听语言无处不在，这一点很让人喜欢。
结尾真棒 Lucy和Desi超有魅力 但其他人物很单薄
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