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.
很奇怪，同一个人演的埃文电影版完全没有原版那种社恐啊焦虑啊这些感觉，就可能还是演技不够拍电影
基调比较沉郁，每一帧都是满满的沉重生命感。愿那些得不到保护的人都能得到善待。
有点高开低走，前面烘的稀里哗啦后面down下来了是怎么回事。
意识到了影院的感染力和电脑屏幕的不同，我在小荧幕看必无动于衷，但放在大荧幕上我还是挺能进入故事并共情的。但是这些歌的套路也太雷同了一点，旋律也没有记忆点，连洗脑都做不到作为音乐剧电影无疑是失败的。最大的毒点是男女主唱完only us说互相喜欢，然后东窗事发就没有然后了，还有更笨比的剧本吗？我以为起码有个重归于好，没想到整成相忘于江湖了，这个点能毒我三天。
21.10.10: 其实这个剧情真的就很无语，但是歌都很好听。之前一直在摩尔粉丝群里听别人说so big so small是她的重头戏，但我觉得实际上也没多重头，真可惜deh拍出来的效果不好…
清原在我印象里真的时好时坏，这部算是好的。另外，倒也是非常无解也非常忍辱负重的一个故事了，不过更魔幻的还在最近现实每日更新。
歌一起来我就崩溃了，但电影真的垃圾。演员经不起大特写就别搞这些花里胡哨的。镜头语言就…无语
看完最大感想，请剧版出个官摄成吗？影版的结局比春晚还草率。
删了Connor、他爹、两学生的歌，为了集中线索可以理解吧，结尾更多Evan修补错误的努力，也让和解更容易接受。但整体不是用力过猛，是也太不用力了吧？为什么觉得怼着唱歌的人拍一整首就完成任务了啊？一个彩蛋：Connor的最爱书单居然有🐶哦，真的有洗白很多x
很骨感的现实问题，在哪里都是，但有什么比生命更重要呢？阿部宽、佐藤健和清原果耶三个人的戏份比较平均，所以整体结构比较散，叙事结构还是比较棒的时间线来回穿插相辅相成。清原果耶演技爆炸，笑颜无敌。
论关注贫穷关注灾痛，#《致那些得不到保护的人》#，好在有共情力。佐藤健和阿部宽这个组合不错。
太能體會Evan Hansen這樣的社恐人為自己營造的玫色人際故事的無奈與無助了，不然也許自裁的就是他自己了，因為真的等不到那雙把他從地上拉起來的手，將錯就錯或許是一道走出來的門徑？PS：音樂劇的形式美學反而敗筆了。
只是ben演高中生确实不那么合适……强行情怀一波了
音乐剧改编电影真的很难改得好看，还不如直接搬stage version；而且恕我直言Ben Platt就不适合大银幕，在电影版本的青春洋溢的配角的映衬下更显得。。。julianne moore和amy adams在这里根本就大材小用，为什么要把我的laura小姐姐换掉QAQ！
我觉得拍得挺好的啊不知道为啥评分这么低😂虽然实话实说，Ben Platt的脸真的演不了高中生了，甚至他只有27岁这件事都很难让人相信。不过说到演技唱功这些我觉得他表现一如既往的棒。个人认为的问题在于其他选角...我懂，电影版一定要明星来撑一撑的，但是Julianne Moore 最后唱So Big, So Small的时候我真的严重跳戏，还有她和Amy Adams同时出现时老让我以为自己在看The Woman in the Window...总的来说电影版依旧很好哭，音乐依旧棒，很喜欢结尾新加的那首A Little Closer
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
亲亲AA和Moore 男主怎么看也不像是高中生啊
其实还蛮喜欢这类题材的所以多加一⭐，虽然导演莫名其妙的时间线穿插的很没水平，但是也不影响看。这个电影里的故事重点已经不是杀人命案了，而是发生在那三个人身上的故事和真挚的感情，电影可能时间有限，没有讲述太多他们凑在一起的因由，而男主在婆婆死后拿着燃烧瓶走大街上去放火感觉相当的尴尬，正常来说有个人手里拿着燃烧瓶分分钟就会被抓吧？
之前看了评价有适当降低预期，本以为不会看哭的，结果从九年前哭到九年后。可能太少直面这种灾后现实的场景，再加上自己经历过地震和疫情，所以很容易被触动。最打动我的是倍赏美津子的表演，让我想起了我奶奶，真的有很多这种固执却善良的老人。其实被杀的社会保障人员也没有到穷凶极恶十恶不赦的地步，但电影完美诠释了“时代的一粒沙落到一个人身上就是一座山”，我们无权替当事者释怀。电影基调很沉闷，但从能让我麻木的大脑开始思考这个角度来说，是一部成功的电影。
音乐剧不会也是这样吧？这电影确实没啥意思，主角的错误很难被原谅，观众怎么可能因为你有心理问题就宽容你呢？
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