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.
#TIFF21，我还蛮喜欢这部的，钟孟宏第一次拍纯女性题材，也第一次摄影师用自己真名钟孟宏而没有用中岛长雄的作品。很多《阳光普照》里的男演员客串，挺有意思。而这是一部和他以往风格非常不一样的女性题材作品，母女之间的情感处理非常细腻，两小时一点都不长，结局还有点感动。
情感如瀑布宣泄。两小时左右的电影需要耐心看。
落差。结尾也还是未能免俗，反向瀑布了一把，略抓马。无病呻吟也好不痛不痒也罢，台湾电影总还是能叫人心变得柔软的。
还不错，虽然剧作不太流畅，心理惊悚部分有些膈应，娃娃魏如萱好可爱。Falls，瀑布的声音，是幻听，是重生；Falls，下坠的姿态，之后是绝境逢生。“偶尔飘来一阵雨，点点洒落了满地，寻觅雨伞下那个背影最像你，但醒来绕梦人群中没有你，偶尔飘来一阵雨，点点洒落了满地，也许雨一停我就能再见到你，也许雨该一直下不停，朦胧的眼，朦胧的雨，眼前呈现着美好远景。我在街头伫立，心中已经有了决定，我像那小雨一定能把你打醒……”
拍得真好。母女的演技真的太自然太棒啦。中年危机、房贷脱供、卖房受骗、做饭着火，疫情确诊，这种种事情都在我们周围，都在当下发生着，我们以旁观者的角度看电影，也身处其中去体会成年人的辛酸苦楚。无奈无奈
贾静雯今年都48岁了，美人也老了，她在本片中演得太好了，素颜演出各种情绪，悲伤，紧张，忧郁，愤怒，像恐怖片女主角似的吓人。
钟孟宏真是越来越生猛，好欧洲的电影质感。看久了大陆电影，差点真以为华语电影没希望了，台湾已经出后疫情现实主义佳作了友友们，我们还在正能量呀！
7.6 熟悉的扎眼摄影，熟悉的林生祥式配乐，熟悉的特写机位，熟悉的元素过多，熟悉的割裂感觉。后半段变喜剧片，因为叽歪被打不讹人高踢腿的大爷，陈以文从之前的驾校过来骂人“不会倒车吗”，洪尚秀都写不出的“卖场之花”……钟孟宏单场戏不是写不精彩，但是凑一起总是怪别扭的。
戴着口罩只用眼睛就能表现出很多很多的情绪；放下某种角色期待之后反而是困境的突围。我好像，看太多类似主题的电影了QAQ
克制的场景布置反而让这种精神状态变得有些拧巴，诸多元素间渗透的清冷反而让呈现变得刻意。
钟孟宏所有作品都着力于生活的脆弱和不堪一击，想必给公司起名甜蜜生活也是种反讽。有钱的没钱的，相聚的离散的，最后都被生活之苦冲刷干净了。
首先，美化疾病可耻，尤其是那段戏那么差还啥用没有，想念幻听的声音我真是狂翻白眼。第二，结尾的瀑布我真的无语死了，母女对话讲瀑布我就已经很无语了，没想到后面还有大惊喜。只喜欢抓蛇那一场。想念《一念无明》，想念《与恶》，这两部真的达到了我心中的标准
前半段堪比恐怖片，和后半段的鸡汤有点割裂。
母亲沉重的心结，仿佛湍流的瀑布，在耳边嗡嗡作响，无力摆脱；
3.5，整体不如上一作《阳光普照》。台湾病人。从疫情、隔离生发出的个人精神史，用瀑布比喻情感的跌宕起伏，即使咆哮奔腾，最后终归于桃花潭水的平静，与自己和解。贾静雯和王净都发挥出色演技，母女关系的反转拿捏到位。片中充满大量符号，黑泽明的海报，蛇，翻页钟，还有一些很妙的人物设计，比如便利店的老伯，房产中介的经理。
一个女人（贾静雯）三个帮，帮搬家（陈以文），帮抓蛇（刘冠廷），帮带新人（黄信尧）。
母女俩困守彼此、相爱相杀的表象之外，更有着急转直下的大小情势，两人拉扯着转入满盘皆输的跌停板，从浑然不觉到逐渐沦陷，再到岌岌可危……凯撒身中数刀，无助振作奋起，保卫滩头阵地……
要经历异常才能完成退阶，制作层面没毛病，不喜欢也不共情这种讲故事的方法。王静长了一张认知度不高版本的文淇脸。
三星半。布局很小，全片就是母女两人，延展的关系交代也非常有限。借用疫情的现实，但是其实“隔离”的情感早就发生了。妈妈完全封闭了自己并且内化出器质性的疾病。女儿被迫成长也更加认清爸爸以及父母关系，父女亲情的鸿沟更深。结尾不确定结局让我开始怀疑灾难的真实性，也可能只是妈妈脑海里的一次幻觉。但是整体片子匠气重，有一种刻意的笨拙感。就如同贾静雯演绎的“思觉失调”，恰巧我有所了解，是药物控制下的木讷。
一个女人（贾静雯）三个帮，帮搬家（陈以文），帮抓蛇（刘冠廷），帮带新人（黄信尧）。
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