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.
落在地上的喜剧应该就是这样的吧。笑点满满，搞笑不硬咯吱观众。泪点自然，感情表达毫不做作。贾玲靠自己的努力，让对妈妈的感情有个着落，思念有个回声，多好啊！没想到张小斐演技这么好，太自然了
诚意很足的一部影片 情节基本都能圆回来 80年代的质感也做到了 四星没问题 为贾玲加多一星
可是给我哭完了，贾玲的视角就是我这一代人的视角，觉得上一代人牺牲自己，委屈了自己，希望他们把时间更多放在自己身上，但是父母们觉得这样的日子很好，很幸福。
李焕英命运的坎坷，不在于孩子的顽劣，也不在于配偶的平庸。她是无数国营工厂工人的缩影，她青年时代之后的坎坷经历，源于所在阶级阶层的失权。贾晓玲虽然把母亲的苦难归咎于自己，但也明白命运悲剧的源头在何处，在于可以继承的“位高权重”。
妈妈再来一次还是坚定地选择了那个他，生下她的宝。不求大富大贵，不需要更好的选择，只要是你们陪我，就是最幸福的一生。无论我们有多么普通，都是妈妈心里独一无二的宝。
很成熟的包袱频出的喜剧电影，贾玲的处女作很成功！此外摘一句傅首尔的影评：时光倒流毫无意义，因为那些至关重要的决定，重来一次，也还是会那么选。
时代是给定的，感情是真挚的，希望日子越来越好吧，苛责物质不发达情况下的亲子关系没太大意义，何况贾玲意不在此。有抬杠的工夫，不如多关心一下亲妈。
笑料设计挺勉强，沈腾加盟也还是不够。讽刺领导那段是华彩。最后的反转很加分，煽情力度略过，但好在情感真挚。贾玲也许无意创造什么奇迹，只求与妈妈的和解，或者说是与自己的和解。但因为真诚，所有人都愿意挺她，希望她能让妈妈高兴一次，好好赢一把。
很真诚。前面好好笑，但后面煽情过度，太用力了。小品痕迹比较明显。
两个小时的电影，90%的时间在狂笑，几分钟一个包袱，后面的突然转折，意料之外又是情理之中，让人潸然泪下。很好的一部电影，推荐大家去看。
视角没有偏颇吧，李焕英的形象本就来自女儿对母亲的记忆修正，实际上，所有的电影都只关于局部。
加长版小品式电影，那些永远无法在现实中被涂改的遗憾，总算找到一个可以任意改写的方式了，在电影里，贾玲完成了与母亲的和解，她是幸运的，因为大多数人一辈子都做不到。
另外感慨一点，李焕英这名字现在真的家喻户晓了，贾玲让妈妈活在了千万人的心中。整个大华语区这么幸运的母亲，除了她，也就只有叶惠美了吧。
前半部分可能是我自己的问题，自己作为女儿做的不好的地方有很多，加上想到子欲养而亲不在，所以开头眼睛就湿湿的。后面“我的女儿健康快乐就好”“我这辈子过得很快乐你为什么不相信我呢”，到反转过来原来母亲所有的快乐和流泪都是为了女儿。虽然从穿越的时候贾玲砸中张小斐我就想到父亲接住跳楼女儿的一幕，但一幕幕重放的时候还是非常感动。喜点和泪点满满，情感充沛却不刻意煽情。好棒，真的好棒。
有时候电影确实不需要那么多的技巧，真诚能打动每一个人
看到结尾电影院里哭成一片，后排一个男孩子不停抽泣。真实的故事最感人，真实的情绪最动人，在我也即将成为妈妈的这个特殊时间里，旁边坐着妈妈，肚里揣着孩子，这场电影我大概一辈子不会忘。
妈妈再来一次还是坚定地选择了那个他，生下她的宝。不求大富大贵，不需要更好的选择，只要是你们陪我，就是最幸福的一生。无论我们有多么普通，都是妈妈心里独一无二的宝。
没想到老套的穿越剧本还能再创新，这才是春节档应该有的水平，除去前十分钟的不入戏，整部电影让人刮目相看，一个小品演员处女作扇了一众专业导演的嘴巴子，贾玲真正诠释了“外形不够才华来凑”的典型。
事先知道贾玲的故事，看到电影里她的再次讲述就觉得她是把自己的心剖给观众看
时代是给定的，感情是真挚的，希望日子越来越好吧，苛责物质不发达情况下的亲子关系没太大意义，何况贾玲意不在此。有抬杠的工夫，不如多关心一下亲妈。
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