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.
20年后的今日，当别有用心之人还在将彼时的悲剧用作思想灌输的素材和立场观点的划分时，Broadway的一场演出将"We're all islanders"歌颂。
看之前就预感会喜欢，结果发现比之前想的更好。比起“行为”，性更像一种“媒介”或“载体”，基于此有了相互观念的碰撞。冲突点设置得很自然，没有俗套的露水情人动真心，而是女性自我意识的觉醒与性工作者对自己身份的正视。接纳情欲，正视愉悦，拥抱自身年老的躯体，于是最终达成了不由男性给予的真正高潮。最后在镜子前勇敢露出身体的Emma太好了。虽然在咖啡厅向学生坦言在我看来还是用力过猛了些（，但简中何时才能拍这种电影啊。
有点像话剧，固定场景，靠大段大段的对话推进故事情节，旨在讲女人不必年龄焦虑，要更好的爱自己，性并不可耻。最后的艾玛好美啊，直面镜中的自己，里奥真不错哟~
2021 #67。就算撇开剧情不看，演员的情绪和表演，现场的走位调度打光大家不停的脱衣服穿衣服更换口音扮演不同的角色，舞台中央竟然还是个大转盘，能这样完整流畅的表演下来已经值得8.5往上了，再加上完全可以走煽情路线但是却走了乐观阳光积极向上的路线让我对编剧更加敬佩。作为一个去过911 Memorial Museum的人，那两个深不见底的巨型方形水池还是很令人震撼的。唯一令人唏嘘的是看完这个去搜“911纽芬兰”想了解更多背后的故事，出来的第一条新闻是“白宫恩将仇报，宣布禁止美国口罩生产商3M公司向邻国加拿大和拉丁美洲国家出口医用口罩”。有的时候患难见真情，更多的时候是患难见人品。放在国与国之间是这样，人与人之间更是。
和曾经的学生坦白那里真是没想到。不过都这把年纪了，当然快乐最重要，想干什么干什么！
戴上职业假面的男主，从审美学角度来说无懈可击。他能洞悉任何人的需求从而提供服务，甚至堪称心理咨询师持证上岗哈哈。在这场关系中，两人重组了“母子”也互为“救赎者”，完成了一场敢于直面对抗勇于接纳自己的疗愈。
哭得很惨 但有被治愈到 真希望能在某个平行时空的2020年看了现场 可如果没有2020我对这部剧的感受可能会少了什么吧
Emma Thompson演得太好了，非常真诚，太让人感动了。剧本是一个典型的三幕式结构，工整、清晰，在目前动不动两个半小时长的大片中，显得十分灵动。 但最重要的是它对女性情欲的探索和自我成长，sex pleasure is a powerful thing. 最后的设计，虽然predictable，但是很妙，性愉悦从来不是谁给的，而是自我发现和自我解放。 关于边界/真实与虚假的探讨也很有启发性，good luck to 每一个在探索的人。
百老汇原版原本会在2020年4月在天桥上演，疫情原因演出取消，舞台影像记录了2021年在百老汇的重演。
初高中生的议题，对于30+的男人女人还有什么惊喜可言么？
a-okay啦.
男主长得干净又充满欲望。但女人必须要等丈夫死了才能买春，太洁净了
89th with Tao. ——2022.07.08 @新林楼
这无疑是一部充满勇气和突破性的电影——从话题到表现方式。尽管剧情走向和故事结局难免有着过分戏剧化的色彩，但通过艾玛·汤普森前后衣着、姿态、肢体语言的细腻变化，仍然极具说服力。非常棒的女性主义题材和准舞台剧佳作。
老中青三代精彩绝伦的歌唱演绎，在百老汇上演。
感觉Emma Thompson提名个奥斯卡没问题！非常细腻有层次的表演。就是主题上想表达的内容有点多却又没有非常深入的探讨，结尾突兀的冲突与和解也是把前期的平顺柔和给冲突掉了。以及突如其来的sex scene，这情感有这么迸发嘛？！至少男主视角的话我是不能理解的！
好像南老师和里老师在讲台上谈情论性，势要作惊人之语，却处处暴露出冬烘的隔靴搔痒。只有第一回合最后被扑倒那一瞬间才算搔到了本质。
#22#44一开始还端着大有劝鸭从良的扭捏和矫情，最终还是成功和自我和解。大抵曾经有过类似的经历，当然没有钱。“性圣人”的背后是对对面女性莫大的尊重，也是对自己真实生活中不堪的一种逃离。而在这过程中，能相互慰藉实属幸事。然而，现实中抽离时难像故事中那样美好平和，有人会认真就注定有人会受伤
Inspiring！非常好，细腻又有趣，剧本和表演都相当不错，温柔而有力量。有勇气把女性的欲望和自我矛盾拍得这么真实生动，向艾玛汤普森致敬！Ladies, go get yourself a proper orgasm!
拍的很省钱，场景只有一个酒店，两个主要人物。可以说英国有其开放的一面，但对于我来说，多少有些接受无能。
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