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.
一人一狗的公路片。本来是狗狗和退役士兵互相治愈的故事 但感觉情感密度又没到。德牧 果然是我的梦中情狗。
美国政府真的这么忘恩负？露露为国出生入死到头来搞个处死？狗狗的电影总是温馨感人，一人一狗的公路之旅，伴随着动听的乡村音乐，我的眼泪也在无声的滴落
在电影院几次掉眼泪，Lulu太好了🥲 另外，查宁好帅好帅好帅啊………………
狗狗像主人还在一样，依偎在主人脚边，头搭在主人鞋上，太温馨了
老套的ptsd老兵和退役受伤ptsd军犬的老套温馨互相救赎故事，，，
成片的起承转合就很网飞，Jake的表演值得一看
狗狗电影无条件支持。更难得能看到舞男哥细腻的情感！🐶🙈
每每被狗拉入陈旧故事，真的，对我来说，没有不可爱的狗
一人一狗的自我救赎之旅！我们这些没有经历过战争的人，永远也无法理解战争带来的伤害，不管是人类，还是狗狗，他们都付出了太多，也只有他们自己才能实现自我救赎！
老兵救赎，一人一狗，太老套的公路片。演技不够身材来撑，看了约等于没看，打发时间。只觉得美国真的挺大。
无功无过。’隔离7+7 4.28-5.04’
一颗给豆腐，一颗给你白，一颗给七一，一颗给miumiu，电影给-2颗，拍的是个啥玩意？
其实说到底就是人与狗的战后ptsd，以及人需要及时表达自己内心的苦楚。
一起复习的朋友推荐的，真的好好看!特别喜欢屋子的格局!
一星半。就不能说很无聊吧，但太白开水了。钱老板真的无论颜值还是身材还是那么能打。就这一人一狗的公路温情小品能拍的如此的无聊丝毫不感人我也是服气。
一人一狗的自我救赎之旅！我们这些没有经历过战争的人，永远也无法理解战争带来的伤害，不管是人类，还是狗狗，他们都付出了太多，也只有他们自己才能实现自我救赎！
原来是翻拍，果然是多了媚俗，演技过火独角戏，最后光明结局，加上中心思想点题…反正好莱坞式的缺点都占了。
钱老板告诉阿兵哥，赶紧退役找到心灵慰籍才能救赎，不然不是被敌人崩了就是自己崩了，最可怜的是成为躲在大桥下的瘾君子烂掉
没忠犬八公揪心 不过有狗狗我都不排斥 1896
抵触 和解 自我反省 better life。可预想到的流程，只是好久没看过钱老板的片了
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