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.
挺惊喜的一部平权电影，前面是搞笑幽默各种喜剧元素，后面是误会解开，开始升华。
宝莱坞能拍出以形婚为背景的电影，已经是一大进步。故事仍有很大的提升空间。
轻松幽默的喜剧方式，唯美的荷尔蒙画面，除了主题外，同时又不失对女性和性教育问题等的思考，推荐！
男主真帅啊，但是根深蒂固的大男子主义我是接受无能。两个人婚后的生活描写的有点草率，如果能更注重细节就更好了。
虽然表达方式的喧闹和合家欢形式的 但内核却是现实而悲伤的 甚至越喧闹就越悲伤。抛去印度现在也能直面这个话题之外 男主的直男思想设置以及家族形形色色的反应都没有落入俗套 反而显得真实。
总喜欢用那种慢镜头来表现心动让人反感
比較起來，這部很理想，很純粹，像李安的敘事鏡頭下，就更真實深刻殘忍無奈，各種複雜情緒交織了。。
我看到最后在想
本来是个喜剧，但是男主出柜的时候还是哭了。最后的结局很是合家欢，难得的自我认同。
也许只有过上自己想要的生活，才值得被祝贺吧，可那其中经历的无比的艰辛，又有谁能知呢。这条路注定不可能平坦，也很难被人真正的理解，我们都渴望依靠，也终究得学会，只有自己才不可能辜负自己。人只有真正沉下来，也许只有不念才可能收获意外之喜，你只能永远相信，岁月终将给你一个最合适的答案，无论它是否圆满。
近期看的印度电影都是选材直戳社会痛点，但呈现失去控制与克制，走向闹剧风格，比起电影像电视剧，缺乏质感。
整体是佩服他们的大胆的！
怎会如此啊怎会如此 我的喜欢全是源自于对此地的不满
15年在边境，与一位印度人聊天，印度禁同严重，甚至会被处刑。短短几年，意识形态还未被大众接受，就拍出了电影。电影内容桥段设置，真是让人感慨：天下大同。
拖沓，真的很拖沓。明明是商业片，却像文艺片一样让人昏昏欲睡，而且又没有文艺片的内涵。男主的新男朋友实在太丑了，印度就没帅哥了吗？说是喜剧片，但没几个能让我笑得出来的场景，男主的懦弱和大男子主义的性格、爱管闲事的亲戚看着我很恼火。实在不明白为什么有些人就是这么想要传宗接代，真以为自己是天选之子吗？就算这是印度LGBT电影的里程碑，也应该结合电影的内容去评价这部电影。难看。
看了一半没看下去！但是给这个题材五星！中国台湾有#是谁先爱上他的#类型电影也值得一看！！！
在大环境和思想文化阶级的局限性之下一部能he的讨论lgbt的印度剧真的很强，这可是印度呀。（片子本身bug也不少，情节问题也有，但是这是印度不是欧美，为何拉踩，人家至少敢拍能播敢直面问题而不是不让说不让看，捂住眼睛和耳朵就能假装不存在吗？心之所向不是外力就能抵抗的）
宝莱坞越来越懂观众要看什么了，2018年印度同性恋才合法，时隔三年，同性主题，形婚背景，公职人员，警察，教师，律师，医生就搬上荧幕，不得不说确实前卫！最后也是两个形婚之人双双出轨皆大欢喜。篇幅有点过长了。#电影 #永结同心
好看，小王子和布米主演的基/姬片，笑点很多，也很感人
但as一部電影，happy ending總是好的。男主出櫃那刻我也看得很感動。
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