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.
这个底太好了，比起以往穿越片的个人救赎迈的更深了一步。本以为影片会如同以往的俗套一般会终结在「希望孩子健康快乐」上，没想到结尾以针线为引，将「无论你在哪里我都会找到你并且保护你」的母爱穿进了观众的心里，以个人故事为本，动了真情的贾玲担得起导演的称呼。在喜剧元素上，影片也做的十分自然，不刻意不尴尬，更是在演员的选角上玩出了花，乔杉和贾玲的父女堪比去年黄渤和彭昱畅。
电影的所有呈现，打四分其实就可以了，但是多出来一星要给到女导演视角下的女性主题，完全没有让人有任何不适（拉踩隔壁某探3）。没有刻意制造的笑点更没有刻意制造的哭点，一切都是很自然的发生了然后触动观众，这很难得。好喜欢贾玲，有谁会不喜欢贾玲呢。
要说贾玲才华横溢那肯定是没有的，这部电影也确实像一个大型小品。但是以近年的喜剧片横向比较，至少这部基本没有那些低俗笑话。虽然离高级幽默还有距离，但足以为同行表率。在悲剧内核里嵌入喜剧是本片成功的重要前提，而这悲剧不仅在于对主角的同情而更多是共情，就再给影片增加了后劲。结尾显得长而直白的煽情是减分项，我想说导演不要太低估观众，最好的表达方式不一定要说出来，让悲剧在喜剧性之下涌动可能更好。
故事说不上新颖，可是母亲这个点总是能打动人，希望每个做母亲的女生记得对自己好点，不要牺牲不要伟大，让自己开心快乐很重要。
實際上，這只是一個很感人的小品。我能感受到賈玲的那份誠心，但是離電影還是差遠了。不知道電影什麼時候也開始用背景虛化了，看著好難受。
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最美好的一幕是贾玲在山坡下，看着她爸骑车奔向她妈。我就想着，我也愿意去我妈的年轻世界里走一走。
大过年的，一家人看一部有笑声、有泪点的电影，出了电影院还能一起开心地聊聊，还有比这更适合过年的吗？
这是一部缅怀母亲的电影，它用喜剧的方式讲述了一个平凡却又感人至深的故事。贾玲为此不惜使用了穿越的方式，让观众更加感同身受于李焕英的性格和成长经历。但这也是一次冒险之举：一来因为穿越题材的影视作品屡见不鲜，已有近乎泛滥之势；二来作为一名初出茅庐的导演，贾玲能否独立驾驭一部商业电影也都是未知数。但她却交出了一份令人满意的答卷，她设置了一次出人意料的反转，把先前留下的伏笔全填完了，人物性格也都说通了，让观众顿时有一种拍大腿般的惊喜。这个反转可谓画龙点睛，不但让全片格局更上一层楼，还把李焕英和贾晓玲之间感人至深的母女情做了一次堪比“跳楼机”般的高度拔升。让电影院里猝不及防的观众，就这样哭成了泪人。
金靖那句话是对的，“没有一个人能完整地从电影院里走出来！！！” 我已经很多年没有看哭了，我特喵刚在电影院里差点哭出驴叫！！！特别是那句，“我宝！”直接泪崩当场！！ 安利，疯狂安利 后劲有点大，特别是对于过年没有回家，然后跟老妈关系很好的小伙伴们，真的是太好哭了！！！
(宗教绘画/altar or fresco）
有人拿好莱坞的票房之最也没有艺术性来说事。
我觉得她自己也挺心虚的吧！
被捧得很高的贺岁档 感觉剧情有点俗套 全片唯一的亮点大概是她妈也穿越了吧
观感有些复杂 哭了
《蝴蝶效应》中男主回到过去为了让爱的女孩和母亲生活得更好，尝试了各种方法，最后决定将自己扼死在胎中，不让自己给她们带来痛苦。《李焕英》里晓玲为了让母亲能像琴姨一样有优秀的丈夫和女儿，以及优越的生活，撮合英子和厂长儿子。但英子说“其实我真的很幸福，你为什么总是不相信” 。
还可以，但不至于8分。如果拍得再荒诞一些，结尾李焕英能醒过来煽情的部分点到即止，不搞那种套路式的硬煽情，大概能再好一些吧……
人生的含义是什么，是奋斗。奋斗的动力是什么，是成功。
故事其实只能算是合格，“姑且算个电影”的程度（当然春节档还有不算电影的），但是视角太难得了，社会发展到现在，我们是应该有一部以母亲或者说以女性为主的现象级电影了，何况，它还那么真诚。结尾确实好哭，很狡猾了，这么写没什么人能不哭吧，就像对大部分人来说，你妈确实是真的爱你。
在这个时代还能看到这样一部作品是幸运的，近些年华语第一！
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