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.
这是一个关于梦想的故事，友情爱情和事业，任何东西在时间下闪光，在时间下褪去，又在时间下显得弥足珍贵。 这是一部关于音乐的故事，镜头前的加菲在歌唱，镜头后面的导演在编排，这些都是映射创作者的内心，这才是平凡的故事收获的感动！ 听，tick，tick。。。Boom！
#Netflix# 3.5分。小三十焦虑，那种穷困又自恋的不会再出现一次的危机；这种感觉和表演、节奏是匹配的，但一切也就太“音乐剧”了（就目前没有音乐剧真正走进心里，一直不知道哪里出问题）。不过一大收获是对《吉屋出租》（一直冥冥很喜欢，当然中文版真的非常难看）从语气到内容似乎更明白了一点。
电影和小说的失落者仿佛永远都会获得成功，
无论是情绪还是叙事节奏都乏于变化，可谓扁平
创作者们都知道了要写自己了解的事才能打动人，于是越来多的作品就是聚焦于创作过程本身……歌太密了吧，还挺洗脑的，让情绪一直跟着节奏律动，故事虽陈旧还是能让人投入其中。
Unpacking a box inside a box of another box
影片高开低走旋律亦然，故事处理着实乏味。
聚光灯一般明亮，像是又感受了一次RENT里的生命力。/在世纪看RENT居然是三年前的事了，想念剧场。
创作者们都知道了要写自己了解的事才能打动人，于是越来多的作品就是聚焦于创作过程本身……歌太密了吧，还挺洗脑的，让情绪一直跟着节奏律动，故事虽陈旧还是能让人投入其中。
非常无趣，只剩导演的一腔热情。加菲演技有点过誉，他适合演自带圣光的角色，某些时刻很动人，但没有辨识度，和其他形象没什么区别(如《血战钢锯岭》)。歌不好听，因为Larson的那首Come to Your Senses勉强给及格分吧。
今年我三十岁了。客观事实不以人的意志为转移…因为自己绝对属于不认真生活的那一挂，所以总是会被认真活着努力追梦的人打动…并且还有那么好听的音乐。
今年看过的新片里面还算好看的，但是比起其他同类型的片子感觉还差了那么一点激情澎湃的元素，可能是因为我真的不喜欢Andrew Garfiled的长相吧，尤其是嘴巴......
对于坚持啦梦想啦腾空之前的蛰伏啦，这种表达方式打动不了我。
Fear or Love…
这几年我唯一能欣赏的歌舞剧只有lalaland。
故事有够碎碎念的，加菲演得也好卖力，最后资料视频加1星
但事实更多是终其一生努力活成一个普通人。
几乎要4.5星！ “接下来我要怎么做？ ”“开始写下一部，孩子。 ”
11-19 期待多时，看完之前的纪录片之后，对于jonathan也稍微多了一点了解，影片是及格的，因为好像也没有超出预想该有的样子，但是至于该什么样，我也不知道。加菲的演技，还是给我一副之前看过他在社交网络里这样讲话的感觉。最好看的还是最后字幕出来时jonathan本人的影像，演奏音乐的时候的快乐，日常的生活里透露出的乐观和积极
未必是最好的影片，却是当下最难得，最契合个人情绪状态的电影。同片中的主人公一样，在某项事业上投入了数年的时间精力，却没有得到任何回报，而身边所有美好的一切也一点点从自己生命中逝去。到底是再投入数年时间，还是退出这个行业另谋出路呢？我的人生又还有几个年头允许自己这么去挥霍消磨呢？
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