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.
以及，看这部电影，和《游牧人生》观感很像的一点在于，它们都由对社会的批判和深刻关切出发，最后落在了个体的自我成全之上。这让它们都略显轻挑，但或许也是在今天这样价值混乱的时代里，创作者们真实的内心折射。
我家那口说，baby you are a lover not a fighter，那我也别装了，就可劲儿哭呗。泪点不来自廉价煽情，好看的！
好感动 愿每一个人都被温柔以待 生命里都是美好和爱
虽然剧情很中规中矩，看了开头就能猜到结尾那种，但整个观影过程还是挺赏心悦目，enough。最破防的是那段无声的音乐表演现场，不需要任何多余的台词，就很催泪了。不过，奥斯卡最佳影片？有点过了吧……
一气呵成，舒服的节奏，工整的剧本。开始就能猜到结尾的电影，但好像无论多少次，我们都会被这样可爱又温柔的电影打动。最触动的是女主拥有那样一个充满爱的家庭。前半段还在感叹这种平平无奇的我发现了自身的闪光点、自我觉醒的套路，多半都是因为主角拥有与生俱来的天赋，而对于大多数普通人来说，没有天赋的一辈子该多么难熬，但后来却被家庭间无需言语诉说的相爱与包容打动。就算女主没有音乐天赋、没有考上伯克利，这样的家庭也会给人一种底气，仿佛再艰难的时刻也能够一起挺过去。音乐会突然安静的瞬间、父亲摸女儿的声带“听”她唱歌的瞬间、女主在面试时边唱边做手语的瞬间……就像男女主背靠背唱歌的场景，总有人got your back，像一棵默默站在你身边的树，任何人任何事都无法将我从你身边挪动分毫，因为我们亲密无间，生来如此。
好久没看到这么有广度和深度又极具生活气息的电影了，即探讨了少数群体的生存语境，以及与社会大众的格格不入；又抛出个人发展与家庭责任的关系，点点滴滴，循序渐进得让家庭双方得已彼此成就。音乐会中的聋哑视角更是神来之笔！伯克利试唱的手语也是对女主为什么能够被录取所给出的最佳处理方式。
属于一开始就大概知道剧情走向的传统美式励志青春电影，适合看多了晦涩的文艺片解解乏，也能给一地鸡毛灰色的中年生活带来了一抹明艳的感动。
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很工整，中规中矩，也有一些rosy滤镜的处理，把真正残疾且底层的人的生活呈现得比较容易，但看完总归会有暖意，从以一个家庭为利益团体，到家庭成员自愿让渡一部分利益帮助家庭个体发展自我利益，很难得的。
【3.0】很喜欢镜头下港湾小镇无可挽回的衰败和静谧，冲突的建构成功地借助了小镇的这些空间和人文上的气质顺利达到，青春片的主人公必须反抗这里的秩序。不太喜欢影片励志鸡汤部分，煲得过度自我陶醉，以至于结局所有角色仍旧沉浸在喜悦中无法挣脱，《伯德小姐》中那种美妙的离愁别绪没有被拍出来，而这恰是我真正期待看到的。
非常非常喜欢这部片子。背景是大航海时代闭关锁国下的儒教国家，故事是儒教下个人意识觉醒的历史碎片，讨论君臣秩序、儒教伦理、个人觉醒、清流浊流、出世入世，电影讨论的方式也是婉转平静的，有种明月松间照，清泉石上流的宁静气质。这种历史人文气质是非常中国式的，格局和思考都很深邃，能与中国观众产生基因共振，但中国却少有电影人能把光照到这样伟大的历史瞬间……
没看过法国的《贝利叶一家》，所以看之前不知道是翻拍。今年真的是奥斯卡小年，所以才让这部带有的音乐元素的家庭温馨题材能一举斩获奥斯卡最佳影片。故事聚焦在正常听力的女儿成长在全聋哑人的特殊家庭，而这种特殊剥夺了这个家庭所有成员的权利和“自由”。即使不考虑翻拍，影片故事虽好但没有优秀到能问鼎奥斯卡的最佳影片的程度，甚至没有超过台湾同题材的《听说》，精彩程度都不如史皇的那一拳。影片里静音的那一幕，让观众对聋哑人的感同身受，以及父亲摸着女儿的声带感受音乐的美好，这些桥段真的精彩，虽然原版也有……苹果“网大”的胜利，另外女主角选的不错，挺讨喜，演技也不错，歌也好听。
范本式的剧本 范本式的表演 一眼望得到头的催泪戏码（用这么极端的例子讨论个人成长与家庭责任关系确实有点过分催泪了） 没什么不好的 也没什么让人心动的
这哪是什么儒学电影，精神内核还是在批判“封建社会”。史实的丁若铨我不了解，片中的丁若铨明显被编导安排成“被压抑的现代性”的化身（连地球仪都出现了），加上弟子出仕后情节太过刻意，感觉用力过猛。
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以为挺无聊的电影 但因为得了奥斯卡还是看一看 结果很不错很温馨
失望，还以为是什么好片呢，桃姐竟然还给了五星，就是一个很普通的鸡汤片吧。以及，原来伯克利这么好考啊，而且奖学金也很好申请的样子？
“昌大啊，活成不断向上飞的鹤虽也不算坏事，但是即便泥垢污秽沾染，也选择活得像兹山一样，荒凉黯然却生机勃勃自由惬意，也未曾不是有意义的事啊……”
片子每个角落都写着“努力，努力，还他妈是努力”
喜剧表演，艺术片影像。类型混乱，主题繁多（哪个都没说清楚）且黑白质感糟糕。这是个朝鲜陶渊明，还是个朝鲜版《沉默》，结果看完发现啥都不是，它就是个韩国商业片而已。优点全给薛影帝，他表演的层次感让这片看起来没那么平。
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