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.
故事情节上让一个女孩以这种方式杀掉两个男人，仍然感觉牵强。
只是ben演高中生确实不那么合适……强行情怀一波了
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看剧还是17年，当时就从头哭到尾，现在仍然。它确实很多瑕疵，比如小本的状态不知道为什么很差，明明他在《政客》里也演的高中生，看起来年轻又富有魅力。比如电影明星们再好看，在我心里也比不上原卡。比如删了好几首的歌……但是，Sincerely, me里让Connor和Evan一起玩乐，把Evan摔倒Connor给他一只手真的做了影像化的呈现，就让我别无所求了。以及，DEH的剧作我的天，我永远要夸它的剧作。电影里改得甚至更好了，Connor的家人受到攻击那里真是神来之笔，它合理化了Evan之后的所有行为。而且，我对所有改编自音乐剧的电影，都心怀感恩和偏爱。【Connor的书单要挨个读过去！不知道他有没有看到《头号玩家》的电影？
初中的时候特别喜欢由Steve Chbosky亲自改编并执导的《壁花少年》，里面对患有社交焦虑症、不合群、令人心疼的Charlie的刻画描摹相当细腻，让我深刻地体味到这位少年曾经历的迷茫与伤痛。然后一个类似的EvanHanson出现了，他是个渴望爱与关注甚至为此付出代价的孤独少年，音乐剧的他让人揪心，电影版却让我难以忍受他的行为…Ben Platt的演唱一如既往地打动人心，Julianne Moore那段吟唱也很惊艳，但整体的音乐与剧情没有达到完全契合，角色说话说着突然唱歌真的蛮尴尬的。当初我在网上只看了原版音乐剧的上半场，特别喜欢里面“渺小失语的Evan陷落于社交网络”的舞台设计，到了电影里这一元素变得不再重要，“you will be found”的肺腑呐喊也不再meaningful了…
2.5。梗能磕到，但全程不能相信载歌载舞的主角自闭。
比《猫》要好点，朱利安摩尔只唱了一首歌但Slay整部片 #多伦多2021
今年最大疑惑之一是为什么DEH不直接放官摄？？？？？Ben本来减肥后就显老电影镜头里更是快老成Fred Armisen了Kaitlyn Dever看上去跟他侄女似的…虽然唱得挺好的吧 AA和Julianne Moore是不是欠了谁人情帐才接了这部…但无论如何DEH音乐剧是非常好的 Ben是非常会唱的 电影是非常非常没必要的 希望大家直接去B站搜录像看看吧……唉😮💨
本来很深刻的题材结果出来的效果恍若死水，演员和导演都有点问题。
听过无数遍OBC，看过不知道多少遍枪版剧场，反倒在电影栽了跟头。所有经典的歌曲唱段显得所有角色都不会说人话，只能靠唱。唯一不难受的就只有《You Will Be Found》的片段，但基本也是照搬的音乐剧原有的设计。Pasek & Paul的创作虽然好，但也不是各个都能拍成《LaLa Land》，当年的《SMASH》也没有这么尬，只能说导演功力太差了……
唱歌的时候全场爆笑 气氛很不对劲 musical和电影的balance很难找到吧
3.5 有这钱学隔壁CFA出个OBC官摄，这不香嘛？PS我永远对音乐剧改编电影后新加的歌毫无感觉。
掌握着国家救济权力的公务员，对那些低保线以下的人们见死不救，由此引发的几起杀人报复案，警察的侦查过程就是本片的来龙去脉。
平淡又中庸的故事，每个人都在始终想做自己，无奈不得不面对他人的指摘。率性做自己和活在他人指点中，又有什么区别？谁是病人？谁不是病人？
关于一个受伤的家庭的自救，拍得很细，但整体感受并不深，歌舞的形式也就还好吧，这个用力过猛的社恐男主并不是我观看这部电影的重点，只可惜咩姨和AA的对手戏太少。
电影改编尽力丰富主角Evan的形象而削弱了母亲和其他配角。更别说配角卡司的咖位和颜值都比剧场版上了五十个台阶。主角坚持不换人、高成本制作不图票房图什么？Ben爹或成最大赢家。
连霓虹都不得不正视贫困问题，这让那谁情何以堪……
乱七八糟的叙事，半小时多都没看懂在讲啥，要不是佐藤健半张脸在泥水里说台词，早就关了🚬
拍的一般，但抱着死政策做事的人 真的 也很讨厌
比我们想象中要更广阔
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