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.
开始以为是爱情片，总体看下来才发现是我想得太简单了。电影有一种作者型电影的味道，可能因为导演是新导演加上年纪不大，对各种流量密码运用得贴切又搞笑，一点都不流俗还夹杂着一种本土时尚，全片的吴侬软语非常有特点，中间插几句普通话，那种幽默的感觉自然而然的就冒了出来，片中的各类主演也选得很贴切，徐峥演这类生活类的角色也很顺手，最厉害的是电影中完全不避讳各个年龄段生活中面对的各类问题，还有各种自我讽刺。导演在电影里带了太多小心思，大家看的时候，肯定能有很多小惊喜。这种电影太适合圣诞节去看了，自己，朋友，恋人都适合的那种。
中年人的爱情，小心翼翼，欲言又止，患得患失，没有年轻人的孤勇、洒脱、奋不顾身，没有非黑即白，只有真实的烟火气息。两个不相信爱情神话的人，最终还是有了自己的爱情神话。
开场给几个人物都加了前史，但后面这些设定哪儿去了？人物塑造不扎实，悬浮空中，与现实脱轨。中年人的爱情这个题材很好，可惜导演没有深入观察上海也没有深入调研中年人的情感生活。沪语对白只是个噱头，作为上海人没有看到沪语梗，也没看到俚语等地方特色的元素，换成普通话也是一样的效果。
太好看了！两个人包场，从头到尾笑得好大声！各种金句频出，各种致敬、讽刺、玩梗（昨天看的那部啥电影哦明明是翻拍宣传却不提，北电毕业然后卖电子烟，笑死个人！）最最重要的是完全女性视角（虽然主角是男性），完全是性转版的中年爱情故事！上一次看这么有女性意识的国产片都不记得是哪部了……
“你真变态”（划掉）——→“你真可爱”
7.5 绝了。一个新人导演作品的城市电影触及了人生，爱情，政治，电影，艺术的多个命题，完成度相当之高，最后弄堂的就是全世界的戏谑表达也是有趣。电影语言稍有匮乏但瑕不掩瑜。
腔调摆足就是下坡路也得顺顺利利。装模作样看费里尼看到打哈欠想吃夜点心。在进口商品小店挑来挑去。鲫鱼汤要只放点佐料还又浓又白。索菲亚罗兰是假的，电影也不需要真。年底了看到这么轻松开心的片子还是很满意！btw，老乌切咖啡讲起电影那段真的好像汤老师啊～～～
评分虚高了吧……其实节奏挺乱的，讲了半天啥都想讲点，但并没有讲好。哪有什么女性群像，哪有什么女性视角，说两句自以为女性爱听的话就觉得自己不一样了，可实质上并没有什么内涵。很多地方和整部电影风格很违和，比如两女一男在美术馆那段，儿子化妆讲知识那段。说白了也是最近的院线电影都不怎么样，观众的评分也就宽容了。
徐峥是个好电影人。倪虹洁、马伊琍、吴越在大银幕上大放光彩。导演好几出戏都写得精妙无比。更意外的是，那位曾演过豹子头林冲、在初中时莫名把一个小姑娘给迷得不行的周野芒先生，这么多年过去，摇身一变成了一个更加有魅力的风流倜傥帅大叔，这电影里真的太多惊喜了。
每个人都活得独立、精致、富有魅力，没有什么需要特别去苛求，生活本身就是一首又琐碎又精致的小诗。——片尾集体看电影、擦护手霜、吃宵夜，讲究。
有点烟火气，有点娇气，有话剧质感，有点惊喜和好看。
怎么说，对非上海的朋友不一定友好，里面有不少梗可能都很难理解。但我还是看出了亲切感，毕竟魔都就是这样一个充满了魔幻现实主义的地方。而且我觉得这其实是一部上海人自我嘲讽的电影，好多点都踩得恰到好处……好吧，编导不是上海人，我知道了……
有多好看呢？就是我封这是我2021最喜欢的华语电影！恨不得明年奥斯卡最佳外语片也能有这部一席之地的那种棒！终于有人能把中年人的爱情讲的这么平实有趣不猎奇还带着暖暖的浪漫！
格洛丽亚看完《爱情神话》后发的朋友圈完全就是我的心声了。
和你们不一样，我是去看宁理的，而且因为讨厌爱情题材所以期待很低，看完居然老满意额。上海话亲切，音乐不觉得出戏，大话不觉得刻意，刻板印象不觉得尴尬，看前在首页刷到的所有“问题”都不觉得是问题（甚至很多事我或我身边的人都亲身遇到过，比如虽然不是上海人，前段时间去上海电影节赶场停自行车时被拦住，我知道老乌当时那种不快。
和索菲亚罗兰一夜情的老乌有可能是真的，但在上海不收亚历山大房租的房东老白，是绝对只活在电影里。
为老白和老吴这对朋友，大多数人一生真称得上朋友的，也就那么几个人，抑或就一个，也可能一个都没有。
挺好的，有那么点看woody allen的感觉，在轻松小品的表象下四两拨千斤地在做一些探讨性别和爱情的努力，摇摆于浪漫和现实之间激荡出火花。看到熟悉的街道和见证过类似生活的场景，会心一笑里又加深了对故事的信任度。
人类需要在爱情中造神。老乌讲索菲亚罗兰那段提升了整部片子的质感。还蛮喜欢的，但是属于不会二刷的那种片。前面琐碎的点一层一层出的时候我就一直在想快给我什么时候给我一个更重的东西，我知道你轻巧明快举重若轻了，快给我一个更重的东西，后面长桌忆往昔的环节终于来了。从老乌开始讲话我一直哭到片子结束。配乐太多，点怪怪的。
8/10。看完后忍不住拍手称赞“灵足”！它的存在让中国电影有了新的可能性。全沪语的日常对话让上海风情在举手投足间肆意流淌，导演在致敬费里尼的过程中做得最好的一点就是拍活了一个城市。同时，它的笑点是高级的，女性形象再也不是固化的了，甚至男性形象都呈现出丰富性。每个演员都散发着魅力，三人美术馆的交锋戏让人拍案叫绝。市井与艺术、神话与日常，是可以相互融合、相互转化的。在真与假之间，我们寻着喷泉，睡倒在电影院，穿越大半个世界，构造出自己的爱情神话。
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