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.
男的偶像g里g气
话说这类片子才是正经“扛摄影机的人”应该多拍的电影啊！甚至看出了一些早期伍迪艾伦和埃里克侯麦的遗风，表演下沉够彻底，沪语和人设的搭配非常和谐，真正在过生活而非表演生活——虽然小资调调软绵绵的，但和上海的城市属性又十分投契。// PS. 徐峥一戴上假发就是真文艺，倪虹洁老师太棒了！
生硬直白的不像pixar，转折来的尴尬且突如其来，所有的角色都是围绕主角成长的工具人，把《包宝宝》的故事无意义延长，就挺没劲的
4.中西文化碰撞，pop和宗法观念
剧情俗套、情感的转变生硬。控制欲强的妈妈突然顺从女儿的叛逆（从妈妈的视角看，女儿成绩下滑，半夜溜出去轰趴，还有可能有生命危险，一下子就放手了？？），作为闺蜜组仇敌的泰勒上一次出场还在侮辱女主和她的家庭，仅仅因为喜欢同一个乐队就嗨在一起了excuse me？
在皮克斯作品中算中等之姿，但能接纳一个华裔导演，并无冒犯地演绎了一个中国文化底色的故事，还是挺令人欣喜的。目前的中国电影市场是不会接受这个故事的价值观的，以偶像崇拜作为对抗反派家长的手段，这是不能容忍的。
东亚的母女关系，因为搞不清楚Who I am 所以有时候是反过来的。我最喜欢的中国风，依然是功夫熊猫。
看多了骗小孩的爱情童话，也看多了闹心的爱情现实灾难片，这部电影真的可以叫爱情神话。
精彩又感动。对于东方孝道对人性的压迫和控制到底是全盘接受还是勇敢反抗？看最后老一辈都放弃了与红熊猫共存，就好像是她们始终选择了放弃相当一部分的真我一般，向传统对人性的桎梏妥协，只有小美选择做自己，爱自己，尊重自己。当母亲明说自己都没有去看过一场演唱会的时候，缺爱的心理吧，因为没有被爱过，所以也不觉得自己值得爱，以至于放弃了一些追求，只为做父母眼中的乖乖仔。而剧中小美所在家庭却是一种女强男弱的氛围，这抑或也是一种心理和精神上的代偿吧。而在竹林里变回幼年的母亲明也让人心疼，她反抗母亲的控制却还要感到抱歉，一生的委屈扭曲了她的心态，即便她是成年人，却仍旧携带着童年的创伤，或许整部电影都无法抚平母亲明心理的伤。每个孩子都是全新的，但传统的孝道和随着孝道而来的控制欲却代代相传。
发生在多伦多的故事，啊令人怀念的加拿大。故事真的很让人共情，能让我想到好多。
不愧是你 皮克斯。断奶真的对父母和子女来说都是难事。其实我们都不用说对不起。我喜欢那只红色的小熊猫，我不会让它消失。
好不喜欢里面的妈妈 完全不觉得这是中国式妈妈 或者中国式亲子关系。 感觉更像是一种刻板印象
东亚女性好像都是被这样训导着长大的，要乖巧孝顺，要优秀懂事。红熊猫像是每一个女孩子内心那个不那么符合这一切标准的自己，即使明明是自己的一部分，但因为不完美，仍然被家人、社会教导着应该把她封印起来。外婆是这么做的，也是这样教导妈妈的。妈妈是这么做的，也是这么期望美林的。但好在美林终于可以和拥抱那个不完美不合规矩的自己了，就连妈妈也可以和自己和解了，真好。女孩子们就是要放下条条框框，拥抱自己啊。
看多了骗小孩的爱情童话，也看多了闹心的爱情现实灾难片，这部电影真的可以叫爱情神话。
祠堂描绘的阴森恐怖，约束你的家人都是精神不正常人类，为了讨好合群交朋友说慌欺骗，打着青春的幌子，实际上还是西方有色眼镜批判东方的传统文化。一分给动画特效。
还是对抗上一代的期望、努力做自己那一套，华裔来拍确实很合适。中国人苦之久矣。毛绒绒也挺可爱的。
好看呀，算是皮克斯中等马里最好的了，已经够到了上等马的门槛（主要争议还是在创意部分，对于许多老外来说应该是很棒的）…另外，这片子真是太懂戳大家的福瑞癖了～
很可爱很搞笑，但我却看得直落泪。我们女性一直需要做自我规训，剥离老天送给自己的礼物，变成为他人着想，失去自我的生物。尽管有些桥段看得我觉得尴尬，但我仍旧认为，我们海外华人群体，终于能慢慢站在舞台中央，开始讲述属于我们的故事，属于华人女性的故事。我们一代又一代地成长，终于学会接纳自我的每一面。东亚女性的故事，用这样一种不那么严肃负担的方式讲述，是我未曾想过的，却也是出人意料的好。女性成长的烦恼，并不会随着年岁的增长而消失，我们那部分被男权称为“歇斯底里”的部分，是老祖宗送给我们的礼物。接受她就好，接受自己就好，为自己骄傲，爱自己的“红”，爱自己每一面。
最感动的是竹林里少女时期的妈妈被女儿拉着手往前走，一步步变成现在的妈妈，然后走向姥姥和七大姑八大姨……过于真实，多少人就是这样一路走来。其实理解甚至希望会有越来越少的观众对这类题材感同身受，因为意味着正在有越来越多的路，可以与心中的野兽同行。
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