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.
故事的内容一般，似曾相识。不过最后的子弹很解气，男友的固执和成见差点酿成大祸。女人的直觉真心是个很准的东西。变态佬选的好，一看就是个变态猥琐男，只是隐藏的太深，这个反向报警也蛮厉害的
This is the first time I can't understand Jessica Chastain.
美国人的宗教敛财故事，当然中国也有，就是说着说着他自己都把自己说相信了。女主角的表演让人印象深刻，男主则逊色许多。
一个跟随丈夫到罗马尼亚的美国女人，总是感觉到对面窗户里有一双窥视自己的眼睛，电影则围绕着这一感受而演绎。故事设置还是不错的，虽然此前有不少这样的影片，此部胜在置于一个言语不通的异国环境之中，女主角的感觉是真实存在，还是出于她的臆想？最后的反转比较突然，让故事回归到正常的惊悚路上。不过，整体上导演对影片的节奏及气氛把控不好，叙述得有气无力且拖沓。
动作、表情、笑声，都是有精心设计过的，但是没有《斯宾塞》中小k给人的不适感，我想这就是演技的高低之别吧。是杰西卡的表演让这部电影有了灵魂，变得有趣。
看完最大的感受就是劳模姐的妆造师真的好厉害……文森特真的太帅了，我爱他！我的胖胖！男女主演得很卖力，电影真的挺无聊的，太流水账了。但是妈妈演得好好，唯一破防就是因为妈妈！
杰西卡的表演配得上女主！加菲演技真的是完了，表演痕迹太明显了！尤其是需要爆发力的时候，总觉得没有力量！剧情呢，没啥好不好的，真人真事改编，能看的就看进去了，不爱看的怎么说也不能爱看！
劳模真的演得很好，影后当之无愧。她老公为什么是gay，但是还要睡别的女的，而且感觉他老公并不爱她，只是把她当作一个事业上的合作伙伴，甚至不惜让女主公开在电视直播上向观众诉说自己出轨的事情，还和助手一起取笑女主的穿着。整部电影看下来感觉他俩鼓吹的基督教像邪教一样，不断的呼吁教徒捐款，无所不用其极，看完对基督教的感觉很不好。女主连线那个gay，并且后来支持性少数群体，是不是说她真的很爱她老公，并且肯定了他的取向，想要他直面真正的自己呢不过这几年欧美电影整体不行，原创剧本很少，不是翻牌就是传记电影。
记得从寻找小糖人开始，每年一部这样的传记电影，可能是对故事背景和原型并不熟悉，但是相较当年蕾妮·齐薇格的《朱迪》还是差太远了吧，人物脸谱化，没有层次，夸张的7-80年代中二造型，毫无质感可言，这届奥斯卡怎么这么寡淡无味啊。
4.5星。女主演技真的很厉害，完全看不出演员自己了，演了30年各个阶段都逼真还是五味杂陈大起大落型的故事，真影后。看来全世界都一样，自由恋爱共同信仰事业捆绑包容隐忍还是基督徒最后男的还是出轨，婚姻真的违反人性。
片子对于中国人来说真的有点水土不服。劳模姐这次冲奥成功，大概学院真的超爱这种LGBT的传记电影，另外大概就是竞争对手太拉胯。电影从两个信教的年轻男女开始讲起，他们乘上70年代美国电视业爆发的东风，干起了电视传教募捐的工作，自信的加菲说，我们赞美主电视网2000万观众，远超其他媒体。就这样从发迹，到奋斗，到膨胀，最后被陷害入狱，可以说流水账一样记述了这么个故事。至于说塔米菲的眼妆为什么越来越重，故事背后的隐藏线索过于简单，甚至是她怎么精神发生转变，怎么从家庭和工作地位中的配角，翻身成为引领新风向的先锋，也没看出来。大概一个保守的虔诚信教者，转身成为LGBT的叛逆者，加州学院就喜欢这种类似风尘女子从良的故事？？至于这个转变，难道是从嗑药开始的？？？那么中国观众就别跟着参乎了。
加菲和查姐演的是真的不错 但是电影就soso
你以为只是借上帝的名义骗钱的故事，没想到从始至终都是真的有信仰，劳模姐的奥斯卡影后实至名归
比偷窥者更令人可憎的就是女主老公，死个三次不过分。
是大众对上帝的信仰，成就了塔米菲和贝克，他们所谓的成功不是因为信仰上帝，而是利用上帝。当大众了解了真相，不再信任他们，他们的成功就消失了。克里希那穆提说人不应该依靠外在的信仰，而是要信任与真实的面对自己。
C-非常的无聊，且不知所云，看完以后不明白你表达了塔米菲的啥，宗教和婚姻皆为过眼云烟，看过就完了，没有表达，拍的这么难看也是不容易，
比较无聊的人物传记，杰西卡查斯坦表演确实很好，颁奖季应该会有所收获。
极具感染力、极具真实感的一部传记电影，对信仰的热忱与虔诚贯穿于整个人生。过程中两人也经历过魔鬼的试探，都曾有过堕落，但都始终没有动摇过自己对上帝的信仰，最终也在上帝的感召下重新找回自我。演技过瘾，尤其女主，从青年到老年，把角色刻画得——神了。不过由于影片的核心主题与基督教有关，这样的题材不一定在国内受欢迎吧，很多人并没有实际体验过，所以比较难感同身受信徒对于信仰的那种炙热的激情，评论里很多朋友显然没看懂。
塔米菲的眼睛 没有拿最佳男主角的提名有点可惜，加菲猫的表演不比在 倒数时刻 里差。当然，女主影后绝对实至名归。男女主角都是表演型人格，而且这种人格从事业到家庭，家就是互为观众的舞台。挺累的，电影里的人累，演员演起来也累，需要一直保持着扩张和兴奋，没有休息和独处的空间。演员也是，一喊开麦拉就得进入到夸张的状态，又不能像小丑那样肤浅的搞笑，得把角色内心的空虚和外表的夸张找到一个平衡点。尤其是那些夸张的台词，肢体语言已经不能完全展示，更多靠脸部的小动作来表现人物内心。特担心多拍几条演员会忘记上一条的脸部动作。影片里的人物是借god的名义来满足自己，其实谁的名义都有可能被用来胡作非为，而且往往表现出是最忠诚的信徒。
最佳女主实至名归！劳模姐太牛了！你事奉上帝相信上帝祂给予你微笑面对任何事的力量，但祂也告诉你警惕人心像毒蛇，爱到最后可能是愤恨，这一切还是要你自己走过才肯继续祷告。演员演技掩盖剧本叙事的缺陷
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