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.
作为全员听障家庭中的“健听”者，作为无声世界与正常世界的“传达”者，CODA（Children Of Deaf Adults）承受着与生俱来的使命，扮演着与年龄不符的保护者，消化着这世界对残障人士的针对和敌意，品味着作为“异类”的委屈和煎熬。歌唱和音乐是家人无法理解的世界，妈妈问，如果我是盲人，你还要喜欢画画吗？当影片戛然中止所有背景声，无声世界的被孤立感从屏幕倾泻而出，原来我们从未真正理解过“残障”二字，因为我们的确太“正常”了。当歌声只能靠振动而被感受，庆幸的是，爱终能让家人找到共振的频率。
A girl aims to improve her singing technique, in a environment full of sex, although without verbal communication.
法国的《贝利叶一家》没看过。这部《健听女孩》是很棒的！节奏舒缓，简单自然。毫无观影压力，放松着就把故事讲完，不煽情却美好！这样的方式太难得了。音乐质量中等偏上，剧情不受音乐带动，导演超级自信且有能力讲好故事，音乐居然打了一次助攻，并没有反客为主。影片整体主线与女主，就好似弹力球在两根线中间，来回向上弹射，却并不执念，陷入繁杂。家庭打渔与个人歌唱皆点到为止，随后继续向前推进，左右弹射着，向最好的人生前进！
翻拍片所面临的最大难题就是不能清空观众记忆，观众很难被同样的哭点/爽点/笑点再次打动。我要是没看过贝利叶一家可能还会掉几滴鳄鱼泪。但现在唯二的感触就是摄影很干净，哥哥挺帅的。
好感动 愿每一个人都被温柔以待 生命里都是美好和爱
普通心灵鸡汤片：★★★★ 奥斯卡最佳影片：★★ 其实就算普通心灵鸡汤片给四星也高，太多欧美式励志happy ending在前了，相比而言这部真的很普通很俗套。
…警惕某些怼大特写还缓慢变焦拉近且人物还大声呼喊的电影，最后一通闪回其实也是对观众的不够信任。仅是提出了一个话题而已，非要弄得这么苦大仇深，说得太多，音乐太响，总结太明，就不是什么真正所谓的文人电影。
竟然还是一个旧片翻拍，跟阳光小美女比的话，都还差点意思……
才知道各国手语其实都不一样 女主唱歌如果是原声的话声音真的好听 又一部翻拍比原作优秀的 另一部是七号房的礼物 恭喜拿下奥斯卡
本应如丁若铨一般怀着开放的心面对天地与众生，关隘踩得极准，但对历史的书写仍是非黑即白的，以创造出符合当代人语境的二元对立为核心要义，沦为动人但浅薄的戏说。
四星半，剧情其实就那样，胜在每个角色都很完整，没有刻意卖惨，反而泪中有笑。真的很棒，
被家庭道德绑架的一些片段彻底让我爆哭，为什么要这样对她，哥哥真的是最暖的人
3星，很温情，很治愈的影片， 翻拍《贝利叶一家》，内容清汤寡水，情节偏向俗套，也就没那么好了。
看过法国原版以后就自带免疫了，而且后面的结尾处理真的不OK，戛然而止。
父母和女主的两次和解一场合唱团音乐会一场音乐面试，从唱给你听到边唱边用手语传达，爱才是真正的桥梁。虽为翻拍鸡汤，但还是感动到了。
【大同海天何处寻，莫如兹山捕鱼去】小岛上的青年为了活得像个人而读书，最后却发现国家权贵并不把贱民当人看。士大夫学富五车，却发现大同的梦想无法实现，转而开始为惠民而编写鱼谱。这一对师徒从不同的起点出发，短暂的相处，又走向不同的方向，最后却发现殊途同归。虽然导演自己编写了后半部分剧情，不过不显得突兀。听着熟悉的四书五经，看着致人于死地的苛捐杂税，很难不让人想起我们自己的古代社会。黑白片的风格使得整个片子呈现了水墨画的飘逸，也包含了几分当时世道的残酷，可以说是明智的选择。
喜剧表演，艺术片影像。类型混乱，主题繁多（哪个都没说清楚）且黑白质感糟糕。这是个朝鲜陶渊明，还是个朝鲜版《沉默》，结果看完发现啥都不是，它就是个韩国商业片而已。优点全给薛影帝，他表演的层次感让这片看起来没那么平。
親情/成長/尋找&接納自我/與家人分離… 非常'工整'的電影，三幕劇結構飽滿，情緒張力也很足… 可以理解為何會被AppleTV+高價買下版權，小而美的片子，打到了普世共鳴點, 市場潛力大，又關照了特殊族群, '議題正確'… 演員&音樂很加分… （但就像很多影友吐槽的, 拿到了22年Oscar最佳影片, 總覺得有點'份量'不夠…
前半程略显拖拉延拽，后半程整体节奏与视听调度都更多起落，丰富不少。父亲无声观察他人与通过女儿声带感受女儿声音止息的桥段是全作华点，面试时隔空“交流”的俏皮也另外显出美好。算为一次成功的翻拍作品，但也确然存在一些重要的遗疏，若能在家人的相处细缝中发掘给予出更多摩擦中的生动或许能更尽切自然一些。作为今年的最佳影片，自觉还是在视听处理上少一些灵动的释放。
叙事文本关乎韩国近代从受儒家程朱理学影响到西方天主教两种文明的冲突，类历史剧的明快叙事来阐述近代西方文明不可阻挡的影响——甚至可见诸多细节（丁若铨的对话录）是民主与平权思想的萌芽。由黑白转彩色画面象征“见天外天，我心光明”，风格化地夹杂琐碎桥段（中间还有喜剧），在文本、技巧、内容和形式各个方面流俗，云淡风轻的文戏推进配合那些古诗词富有诗意。黑白画面的质感似乎是导演欲揭示历史上真实的封建帝王极权对于绞杀非己“异端”思想的黑暗一面，实则也是批判程朱理学。韩国片拍这个题材，其历史思辨尤为真诚精到。7.7*
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