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.
2.5，日式生活流纯爱，致命的是感觉不到爱。作为一个肤浅的声控，女主的声音让我不耐烦到频频抽烟，又怕抽太多变成她的嗓子……== 地球之夜，拉着我看的人，我们也在疫情前相遇，在疫情没有结束的时候已重新沦为陌生人，这部电影还是只停留在第一章节。
她没有走上舞台和他共舞 他没有追上那辆出租车 “我们在哪里见过吗？”“见过吧，大概。” 只是稍微想起 点到为止的情绪 又是一年726 我想他们不会再见了
无人看好的参赛项目，阴差阳错的临时组合，点到即止的青涩恋情，因为不服输而一次又一次练习的倔强，网红介入后吸引来一堆男生的剧情有点假，但没有这个做铺垫，就没有结尾的大场面作为升华和高潮，气氛上来了，尬舞竟然也有点热血，总之是一部没撒狗血的运动题材电影，虽然是翻拍，但很本土化了，演员们应该都练得很苦，拍这部电影不容易，可惜自当炮灰选国庆档上，暑假上命运可能就不同了
特别有意思的一部爱情电影，留心了一下，男女主角第一次银幕同框已经是40分钟之后，而整部电影的叙事非常大胆的使用时间线倒叙的方式，在最后又切回到女主角伊藤沙莉的现在时，让人愕然她最后的归宿竟然是他！全片看完之后喜欢的观众一定想再看一遍，而对于无感的观众恐怕只会觉得无聊，这样挑战观众观影习惯，尽管池松壮亮伊藤沙莉都演得挺好，尽管成田凌国村隼永濑正敏等等的配角阵容堪称豪华，日本院线时上映大扑街也是可以预料的吧？不过年度十佳应该有戏。
两星半。还是没逃出捧偶像小生的路子。还没看原版。
我觉得：真正好的教育
松居大悟也可以掌控偏类型化的项目，真不错，蛮匠气的。原以为倒叙会很俗，但没有刻意强调的巧合，甜味不会那么重
虽然出租车司机概念来源于《地球之夜》，但真正体现被cue数次吉姆·贾木许精髓的是本片客串的永濑正敏，简直就是《神秘列车》之疏离感的翻版。
本土化非常成功
光是海报和题材就已经赢了！这种极具话题性的标题，再加上几个看起来非常专业的男子花样游泳动作，还有一帮顶着生图的年轻人，让人非常有想看的欲望。导演的切入点也是蛮取巧的，单纯的运用了青春歌舞电影中的桥段与元素，强调视觉、听觉效果，反而弱化了之后的故事情节，这一点有些可惜，其他都算是不错，尤其是那些有五月天风格的鼓励人心的歌曲。
张伟很普通，普通得甚至爸妈都觉得他努力了成绩也就在中游。当他被任命为花游队队长，经历过很多成长期都会很在意的挫折，但最后还是希望可以勇敢一点，我想参加表演，想要被看见，最后一群男孩不再彷徨，而是自己拿定主意克服困难完成表演真的是挺中二的，特别能体会张伟妈妈的落泪，我普通的儿子也是会在一个时刻闪闪发光的，这才是为人父母最应该为儿子自豪的，不是去跟人攀比，而是儿子突破了自己，青春解闷的片子吧，男子花游确实也不太好看，不过他们的39周半翻体，还是水中跳出来，憋气这些，还是很敬业啦
和自怜、小资情调溢出的《花束》比起来，像是一扎深夜居酒屋的冰啤，微苦却真实。在这里，恋爱激情的消退乃至落幕，或都无需多么庄重的理由， 它更像是给尘埃落定后的自我重审，找回在情感中的自我心灵史而非实际经验，提供了必要的契机。因此我们才能从舞蹈生涯中断的男主，和落伍于时代的女主身上，体察到一种深陷往事粘连的落寞和无力感，与新冠大流行撕开的人际裂缝相衬托，构成了个体愈渐原子化的缩影（以永濑正敏串起的贾木许宇宙）。庆幸的是，关于爱的微小证据和标注，并不会被埋没于时间的进程，而是充盈在城市的各个角落：水族馆，出租车，剧场……对这些流动空间敏锐的注视，也是影片日影味最足，也最让人倍感亲切和动容的地方。
今天在ipad上看的，好电影，谢谢导演，需要这样的电影，欠你一张电影票。
谁说男孩子不能学花样游泳，四十个男生的表演甚至更精彩。
本土化非常成功
相比日版，可能为了前后对比，前半场少了些欢脱，多了些压抑，以致五个人物中除了高飞和王子，其他人的个性突出不够。
编剧套路太明显了，整体的故事也是中国式的典型发展路径，但好在几个路人小男孩演的算是真诚自然。
so酱演伤心罗曼史；尾崎的配乐（病态的元气）其实跟池松壮亮的氛围（欲言又止的小心收藏的真诚）很不搭
挺好的。看似简单的几分钟也要经过大量的练习，场面完成得很不错，实属可贵。青春就该如此，单纯又热血，不含世俗的名利，不含成人多余的纠结。感觉又像短视频的硬广，最终的得益全靠网络平台，会哭会闹的孩子才有奶喝。
没看过日版 但就完成度来说真是非常棒了 本地化得非常自然 这才是中国式的青春片 热血搞笑还有一丢丢感动
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