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.
不要害怕坠入爱河。一部关于女同男同形婚的电影，对于他们在生活中小心翼翼的去爱，怕被发现，怕家人嫌弃，真的心酸。形婚后的生活碰撞，很有趣，直男和gay在生活中没区别的，毕竟受到的教育都一样🤣。电影大结局很温馨，不过现实中我们都懂。
非常出彩，依靠接地气的剧本掩盖了演员表演的问题，开始还有网大质感，后面渐渐摆脱，完全是一出现实的爱情故事、家庭故事，戏剧性被巧妙融于特定风土人情的生活化场景中，就连我看完都想马上去潮汕走一遭，演员确实是短板，但某种程度上助推了本片的真实度。
印度拍这样的题材能不加分么，男主出柜那刻真的深有同感，就是突然泣不成声，体验过才了解。
3.5 前面节奏不错，也穿插了不少小笑点，整部影片也展现了很多地道的文化，就是后半部分内容有点拉胯。
一来一去，平平淡淡，不见浮夸的浪漫，便是真情。
只可惜男主还是妈宝了，都没坚持一下下自己，两年的感情随随便便就放弃了。如果他的爱只是因为他妈的摇头就停止，在一起全靠他妈的妥协，现实里遇到这样的男的，还是有多远逃多远吧。
比《爸，我一定行的》好些，摄影更好，细节也做得更好了，更有电影的质感。看得出导演是港片迷，有港片情怀，某些套路/节奏/笑点像是模仿老港片的，什么地方发生什么剧情，都可以预见。剧情有些地方还是不够流畅，男主和某些配角演技有时候生硬了点，不太自然，有点尬。男女主角CP感不够，互动不够亲密，某些情节设计又挺让我费解的，女主这么优秀，一个人在深圳打拼，性格却这么温柔顺从，少了点个性的样子。男主妈妈演得更好，结尾在飞机上妈妈说“你是不是觉得妈妈很差劲”（类似这样的台词），这时候挺打动人的。融入的潮汕地区传统文化和婚育话题，挺真实的，倒是让我感到有点不适，个人也不喜欢这些东西，比如催婚，催生，婆婆教媳妇拜神，算命等等。片子的音乐，插曲，片尾曲好评，很好听，融入得还不错，里面还有王家卫《花样年华》的曲子。
真好看。中途很搞笑（喝醉了）、后面pride戴面具那里真的很感动。最后的领养仪式也很不错（想起面子的结尾）。
毕竟一方水土一方人，的确是我所理解的潮汕味，本土演员脸上的木讷，小院里的烟火，不嫌俗。但是挺不爽的就是对父权观念的妥协（不是主人公的妥协，而是导演自身还没完全脱离）。况且，文化差异的巨大空间并没有拉开，外来媳妇本地郎的故事缺了灵魂。
真实自然的故事，流畅舒适的表达，真挚契合的配乐，恰到好处的情怀和地方特色，以及带着惊喜和巧合且省钱的彩蛋式收尾，春节档最佳，与其刷大片不如捞一部有趣的小制作素人电影来得有意义，四星加一星，权作赞助！🎉
各种折中手法，后面给了个HE ，或许是现实太艰难了。角色设定Crop和教师真的讽刺。
剧作中的冲突纯粹只是观念矛盾，人物成了观念的图解物，无血无肉，整部电影所谓特色也只不过充斥着民俗的猎奇性。女主角分开后再在一起的动机无缘无故。另外就是视听上平庸到不行，都能和隔壁《反贪5》的林德禄一较高低
素人主演的优缺点都很明显，乡土化很成功，最后的转变也不生硬，有闪光点也有好听的BGM~
（《真雄起》还没看过，仅通过朋友推荐语、发的图片和片名感觉，男性这单一性别的内容会占主要篇幅，而不是女同、男同、一切性少数者齐努力。以后会补习《真雄起》的。现在发言权还不足。）而这部《永结"同"心》或者叫《祝贺》也比较像沙杜sir这位男同的思想成长史。总的来说，融合了形婚、男同、女同、出柜、🇮🇳🌈游行、同志领养孩子（甚至还调侃了种姓制度）等"梗"，又是生在🇮🇳这个所谓比……后的国家，就算是歌舞部分的时间再拉长些，都值满星了！看到长长的彩虹被撑起在这个国家的大道上时，我真的很激动！！！还有一些老年演员……
很真实，很真诚。
影片笑点很多，印度都已经涉足形婚这一题材了，国内荧幕是不可能看到了。其实现实中很多异性的婚姻，与形婚又有何区别呢，很多也只是像室友一样，搭伙过日子罢了，真爱只与爱有关，与性别无关。被影片最后游街一幕破防了，泪目，男主也终于有勇气卸下枷锁，无视他人眼光，面对真实自己。
太好了，第一次看以这么讲述同性爱情的片子，用大多数人都能接受的方式和视角。最后男主浅浅但久违自由的手势简直炸了。情理上来说，我对八十老母都说得明白的关于同性之爱的道理，法律和社会却对此讳莫如深。悲哀，痛心。
感觉没传说中那么神，剧情和画面的电视剧感挺强，所幸是演员表达的情感都很真挚，妈妈也很可爱。如果把角色换一下，男方去潮汕女方家，是不是就加入性别议题，热度会更高一些呢？
意义大于内容，全程想歌颂隔壁国，但剧情平铺直叙冗长乏味，看睡着了要。
很好看啊 两个couple都蛮可爱（很理想化的形婚了
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