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.
“这就是政治 为了赢我会玩任何肮脏的游戏”。“一旦被这种疯狂所煽动 他们就不只是党员了 他们会成为信徒”。政治家们只会让公众看到他们想让公众所看到的对他们有利的舆论导向 也只允许公众发出他们想要的声音。同时再煽动公众的情绪和热血为他们所用。联想起从去年到现在发生的无数公众义愤填膺但至今依旧悬而未决的事情感慨良多 什么时候我们国家才能拍出如此复杂深刻直面现实的电影啊。P.S.学生果然还是最容易被当枪使的一群人啊。
属实是给我看笑了，虽然知道每一步要表达什么，但这也走的太笨拙了；全片除了导师压榨博士那一段，没有一处像是超过10岁的人写的
反转再反转，结尾有点仓促，律师那条线信息量好大，可以展开拍个续集
电影揭露了一通他们体质的弊端，可最后的结果是消灭这万恶的体质吗？不是的！
我钦佩于他们这样大胆全面的反思 钦佩于他们对不说不的勇气 也敬佩于对真理的深刻探讨
豆瓣看片这么多年，每年给到满分五星的电影屈指可数，印度电影再一次征服我。没有完美的电影，但本片值得，更值得国产电影反思（当然我们从来不缺敢拍的导演，只是大家都懂的无奈理由，唉...），转眼间 ，印度电影已吊打我们，太敢拍了！
大伙夸这电影之前，先冷静下来细品一下，这个《宿敌》不就是印度味的主旋律嘛。
诸如韩国印度等大部分国家在电影里能够触碰的话题尺度要超出我们太多，这类影片的受众靠别人的作品来反观自身，从而获得某种程度的心理慰藉和释放。与我们内心不可告人的期待基本一致，这也是很多印度影片在我们这里获得好评的心理基础。就拍摄手法而言，印度导演多少年始终固守的抒情手段、渲染技巧都太过陈旧，叙事的节奏与逻辑就好像在做复制粘贴，所以在印度干导演的难点全部来自内容输出方面。一部将政治、女性、教育、司法体制糅合在一起的犯罪片，后半部分密集的翻转让人生厌，尴尬不说，漏洞百出。
节奏紧凑，剧情不紊乱，那些觉得乱的人你是一点都没静下来心来看电影。能看到这部电影的优秀之处，所要表达的女性地位、教育制度、民众愤怒、舆论和媒体引导，都在剧中起着一定的作用。再怎么说，起码人家有这样的电影，我们没有。
任何一个国家如何对待弱势，体力弱势、情感弱势、乃至地位弱势的人，那就是一个国家文明的底线。可是之类的电影看到太多了，尤其是韩国日本印度，却对于社会没有太多进步，仍然是女性权利最低的几个国家。不禁沮丧，电影能救个狗X啊。
3、种姓，阶级问题
22-130. 印度電影總能給我帶來驚喜。主題很複雜，涉及到高校教授以公謀私，執法者背叛道德底線，權利掌控者腳踩他人上位，以及復仇者的鳳凰涅槃，沒有頭重腳輕的感覺，總體而言糅雜得很到位。主線本來以為是一個警察不惜堵上自己的職業生涯為民除暴的故事，卻沒想到最後居然是官官相護，同流合污，一場自導自演的審判笑話。他破壞尸體，聯合媒體操控輿論的時候有想過後果嗎？命令JC暴力攻擊手無寸鐵的學生，在那一刻，他有猶豫過嗎？自己的孩子被傷害，受害者的母親坐在他旁邊安慰，他有感到愧疚嗎？當丟失了良心的執法者操縱起輿論來，比一般人更可怕。律師的復仇更是看得我目瞪口呆，律師的故事甚至可以單獨拍一集。
运镜，剪辑，推进……堪称凌乱毫无章法，
而每一个细节动机却经不起可信度推敲。
个人觉得不够四分。开局还不错，大学校长讲话后我以为会是个性别歧视的片子。结果导演想要囊括的问题太多了，没有重点铺的太开，个人觉得比较失败。
是啊，人民的意志不应该成为政客手中权利的游戏。
3.5。前80分钟是非常普通的印度电影，配乐紧凑到吵得慌，即使刚开庭律师的辩护词也不过是老生常谈的“程序正义”和“实体正义”，以为这片子也就止步到这里。直到后50分钟真相层层浮出水面，先是给我们这些“凡事有消息就热衷发帖、被操纵产生某种可以利用的情绪的网民”一记大耳光，然后再抛出一个问题“媒体的存在是为了报道真相，还是媒体所说的才是真相？”。再之后掀开表面引导向更深的真相，说到底一切问题都与ZZ有关，“体制在口人”、“让提出问题的人沉默、给讨论的人戴上手铐”。世风日下无新鲜事，13亿的印度或15亿的..面对的问题实则都差不多。最后几幕被害的女教授和对学生说“每个人都有慷慨发表意见的权利，但是你有勇气付诸实践吗？”。现实是，我们大多数都是那场大学会议上想伸手表赞同但又放下手的、沉默的人。
女性，种姓（阶级），舆论，法庭公正……每个点因为印度的真实数据支撑而都被打响。每15分钟都有一个女人被强奸、三岁女婴奸杀案……这样的国家拍出了这样的影片真的也就印度了。P.S. 宝莱坞虽然不再跳舞，但BGM还是非常有特点，不知道能不能在不久的将来也去掉。
豆瓣看片这么多年，每年给到满分五星的电影屈指可数，印度电影再一次征服我。没有完美的电影，但本片值得，更值得国产电影反思（当然我们从来不缺敢拍的导演，只是大家都懂的无奈理由，唉...），转眼间 ，印度电影已吊打我们，太敢拍了！
思来想去，我还是觉得它算是一部不完美的好电影，再次感叹豆瓣没有半分评价，这部电影我给7.5分。
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