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.
兒童的部分用兒童的視角來演繹，充滿童貞，但最後反而更沉重。
前半段韩味十足，后面逐渐有了日式温和的气质。喜欢摩天轮上那段手动马赛克。结尾有点乱，有点像国内结尾强行加一段字幕的感觉。
2.5；美国变态真他妈多。。很平庸的片子 最后草蛇灰线前后细节联系的还挺好 给个3星吧 不能再多！伊桑霍克是欠钱了吗要演这种角色 这大肚腩。。哭了
二战中，英国皇家空军轰炸平民的悲剧。电影传达的主张就是:战争中，即便“正义”的一方也存在大量的屠戮妇女与儿童的行为。获胜的“正义”一方有时间炫耀自己的武功的话，倒不如想想自己有没有也犯下什么罪行。
剧情太弱了，比《小丑回魂》差的不是一点半点啊；不仅是电话的意象old，作用都是一个，一点惊喜没有；如果当幻觉讲某几个孩子的提示根本胡扯，开门密码和砸墙不可能；ethan线就没展开讲；妹妹是蛮可爱的，但故事线就没用；这最后🍊破案结局扯到以为是➖鈡独占结尾……
全片过了三分二才出现轰炸那一幕，角色多戏份散，但是整个剧本的叙述并不是集中讲这个悲剧的引发过程，那两个飞行员的角色很重要，结果就是个龙套，故事用了很大一部分去描述其余几个小孩的命运交叠，又描述一个对信仰动摇的修女和纳税士兵的恋情，这三个主题都足以拍三个版本，但是却要缩在100分钟里，结果都没有说透。
失常的发挥，失败的重复。小偷家族之所以优秀是因为避开了此片所有的问题点。过分糖水到完全游离于是枝裕和其他作品之外。几乎是生涯最差。
是枝裕和的每部电影中，“道德选择”是推动故事的重要动力，但是在《掮客》中，我却看不到选择，只是看到了比《小偷家族》还要童话的韩影故事，每一个主人公都神圣到了极点，将本来就无烟火气的故事变得更为虚假。
相比之前看的基于真实事件的战争/历史片，这部感觉挺特殊的，一方面完全没听说这事件不知道结局（看到最后我才意识到去wiki了一下），另一方面有种压抑的悲剧感吧。修女在课堂上那段大约是神来之笔，她做的那两个表情，我仿佛立即看到了所对应的圣母雕像，感觉很神奇
斯蒂芬·金的儿子就写了个这？《黑洞频率》和《超时空来电》，甚至韩国《电话》都要把这梗拍烂了，打着斯蒂芬·金儿子的旗号又整出一部校园版。充其量是一个变态绑架案，硬塞进穿越电话的梗，逆袭的太过儿戏，抄袭的不伦不类。3
印象深刻的有善良的修女，吓坏的男孩，浪子回头的辅警，误杀平民的飞行员。
【3.0】看下来并没有感到特别震撼，究其因是导演对整个事件的回溯缺乏犀利有效的切入点，说白了就是太流水账的第三人视角的剧作思路。好在整部电影骨子里的好莱坞电影化的叙事节奏是精准的，从前期剑拔弩张危机亟待爆发的紧张气氛营造，到结局停留在小女孩喝粥的镜头设计，一切都安排得刚刚好，因而观影大抵能融情于故事之中。
全片铺满熟悉的元素但给人一种硬拗、拼凑的别扭感。情节编写、通灵设定、角色塑造等几乎各方面都立不起来。仅剩那一丢丢惊吓桥段能留下点印象，除此之外都是毫无新意的桥段。
小演员们地表演都很精彩，最后一段Eva妈妈狂奔的长镜头太释放了！
根本不能称之为恐怖片……奔着恐怖片的标签去的，结果一坨狗屎。
是枝裕和的每部电影中，“道德选择”是推动故事的重要动力，但是在《掮客》中，我却看不到选择，只是看到了比《小偷家族》还要童话的韩影故事，每一个主人公都神圣到了极点，将本来就无烟火气的故事变得更为虚假。
小镇里的连环失踪案。逝去的孩子亡灵，接二连三地现身救助 Finny，可惜他们没能脱身。好友 Robin 给 Fin 打了最后一通电话，「我永远陪在你身边」，真的太感人了。
观感上非常接近《CODA》，是枝裕和这次交出了奥斯卡最佳影片级别的作品👍
故事主线虽然还算明晰，但看起来就很乱，很多没什么意义的东西被乱七八糟地加了进来，或许是导演想着各种元素致敬云云，但带给我不小的割裂感。
贫富差距不是原罪，而是欲望。一味的投降换不回来和平，盈亏之间，亏的一方无论如何退让，只会加剧另一方的野心。抗争和好战，永远是两回事。
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