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.
对于电影，离开就是结束。但是，人生有时又太长了，我们没法在这个地方画上句点……然后，他会忘记，或者只有一个模糊的影像，然后他对这一整趟旅程的感觉也会随时间流逝改变形状……and that’s life
“如果现在你不尊重自己的付出的话，那你将永远不能获得尊重，永远也不能！”
模板传记片没什么新鲜劲，而且我更多看到的是理查德的独断自负，诚然培养了两个天才，但无法忽略的是大小威本身的天赋。史皇的表演拿影帝真不太够啊，对于他自己来说根本没有突破，今年实在是暗淡无光的一个超小年。
像一部流水账，基本没什么触动人的地方。仿佛只要有一个『plan』，有一个『读书第一，比赛第二』的原则，就可以一路随随便便就能赢，就州冠军了，就大房子了，就全美名人了，就14岁参加美网了，最后就直接字幕说史上最伟大的运动员了——只要结果是成功的，那么，这个父亲做的一切都是对的。对于这样的故事主线，我很不满意。
很难得见到这样一部成人与孩童对话的电影。从相对客观的角度去观察他们之间的代沟与隔阂。看过太多成人视角来讲述他们眼中的未成年人的故事片，都带着成年人自己的价值判断和思维逻辑，而这部片子以舅舅和外甥几天的相处过程为主线，用客观纪录的方式来给未成年人表达的空间，无处不在地强调着对未成年人“倾听”与“表达”的重视。
四平八稳主旋律，还不错。把人物拍的比较立体，比一味的歌颂好。这样的黑人电影不比硬让黑人演白人来的好？？？
6分，但是华金的台词加上黑白滤镜直接把质感拉升
因为我自己看网球，所以本片比其他传记片有更多打动我的地方。Richard Williams本就是争议人物，在艺术化的加工下，Will Smith成功演出一个在康普顿埋头培养两个女儿成为世界第一网球选手的父亲、一个自负又独断的领导者、一个把精神健康文化水平为人处世看得比胜利金钱重要的男人，希望奥斯卡圆梦。无论如何，威廉姆斯姐妹是成功的，为世界上的女性尤其黑人女性带去的重大意义溢于言表，但她们的成功之路绝非随便可以复制。三星半
因为有了成功的结局，所以这个美国虎爸和网球鸡娃的故事会带给人励志的错觉，当父亲这个角色讨厌值达到顶峰的时候就开始上价值，种族歧视的经历又赋予了可以被原谅的理由，而这也是电影有些摇摆的地方，体育精神和种族问题都要讲，但都没讲好，威尔·史密斯演得也一般，没什么突破。
或许多年后人们回想起这部电影，印象最深的却是史皇的奥斯卡大比兜。
if you fail to plan, you plan to fail.要有计划，有定力，老爸一直坚持文化教育高于体育竞赛和赚钱。结果赚的钱反而多。真的有脑子才是最重要的。体育运动真的是体力，心理和脑力的综合竞赛。
确实不温不火，不功不过，演得确实可以，但原本可以挖掘的更深入，但为了目前大环境，拍的过于主流过于俗套，
看后细想，Richard确实也算作一个King了，掌控人生美其名曰普就光明大道，自我专制还要诉一声我很辛苦。说电影政治正确其实也不对，这不就把一个黑人角色写的令人生厌吗？（不是
演员演的真的很好，但是这个偏执老爸我还是蛮不喜欢的。（昨天看威尔史密斯打人我才想着来看这个哈哈）
PFF#….5? Potentially my fav one
威尔史密斯若没在奥斯卡颁奖礼上扇人一巴掌，可能不会关注这片。全剧关注父权、女权、种族歧视等话题，但总觉得浅尝辄止，今年的奥斯卡好几部美国梦的电影了，连续看下来有点腻。其实体育迷知道威廉姆斯姐妹后来取得的成绩更精彩，可惜电影表现的故事结束的较早。
感觉每一个成功的美国黑人爹都是威尔史密斯。
中途观感还不错，但越到后面觉得这个爹越讨人厌，明明非常自以为是还教小孩to be humble？？女儿是天才虽然靠爹培养但拍个电影记录这个人物完全就不讨喜。有些加入的表现黑人stuggle的情节略感勉强，比如拒绝俱乐部老板那里（明明就take 了free coach很久了啊）。时长短一些删掉一些多余情节还会算是比较好看的体育传记片。
就记住了爸爸的那个open stance，然后花了一节课和教练讨论问什么不能打开放式！
父王自有妙计。拍的是结果论倒推，顺风顺水。我喜欢败局收场，不喜欢夹道欢迎，也不喜欢字幕卡升华。
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