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.
不至于这么低分吧，比起PTA以往的作品，减弱了更多花哨的运镜，让沉稳的视角跟随着青春浮动的心情，就像躺在水床上吸大麻，一边是怀旧金曲，一边是各种叠印长镜头式的回忆往事。
哈哈哈哈哈好看！绝对不止6.9！有笑点有泪点，超适合过年全家欢！事实证明，这电影比上热搜的那个小品值得看多了🐶
笑还是能笑，但是无比做作的煽情桥段败光了所有喜剧元素的好感，太烂俗的起音乐慢镜头回忆煽情然而煽不动，就全场尴尬的太难受了，导演技巧太匮乏了，做部彻底的喜剧不行吗，非要生拉硬拽个情感转折人物弧光，强行升华个锤子
70mm。原本的期待是《不羁夜》+《私恋失调》，看下来比较像早中期的乔纳森戴米，第一反应过来的reference是《散弹露露》。核心的镜头motion是最近几部很少使用的横移轨道往复长镜头（最近就是《性本恶》好像用过一次），以及回到早期时更频繁地使用复杂走位的长镜头来展现人物空间关系，这次还有好几个长镜头拼起来的段落。数次街道奔跑是PTA对故乡的情书，以弱故事性的日常生活呈现肆意的青春，以及形形色色的70年代小镇众生相。背景setting决定了不如以往那么多weird的人物和情节，无法感知到熟悉的焦虑感（这点远不如《性本恶》以及同为爱情片的《私恋失调》）。所以还是太私人了，无法100%沉浸进去，没有出电影院就想看第二遍的冲动。
不知所谓。原速看了一小时，1.2倍速看了一小时，最后也没有惊喜，浪费时间。
迷影，挺多电影梗，看出了了不起的盖茨比，雨中曲，天才白痴梦挺好听
采访中说比起年代更多是因为人物而拍，但确实更多被70s vibe打动了，实名人物、具体事件，PTA的once upon a time in LA。从以唱片连锁店名做片名到配乐选曲以及HAIM（而且 Alana 怎么这么会演？？）、Tom Waits 出演就奠定了基调，还有出色的摄影和调色，夏天的味道。私恋失调的光晕再次袭来，霍夫曼的儿子也和霍夫曼一样干了电信销售（电爱）的活儿… 就 feel the vibe 吧 （RioLiv的翻译版本很棒）
一个安德森喜欢流光溢彩的川渝火锅
哈哈，没抱什么期待反而觉得很好看。大家真的不要对国产电影那么苛刻。no can no bb, ok?
戏中戏的设定百看不厌啊，搞笑也是真的搞笑，好看的~
（8.6/10）PTA重回70年代的洛杉矶，但比《不羁夜》多了几分从容。《甘草披萨》有着《私恋失调》的轻快爱情，也有着《性本恶》的慵懒节奏。甘草和披萨，一对看似无法成形的组合。Gary自信机灵，而Alana则具备一种强大却不自知的责任感。二人被对方的特点吸引，组成一个相互影响的团队，在怀疑和犹豫中找到确信与坚定。
看到结尾他拽着她在黏糊糊的街上狂奔 感觉回到了几年前音乐节结束的晚上 闷热耳鸣口干舌燥 啤酒撒了一地 我们必须大声说话才能听见彼此 但是我们都很快乐（但男主的颜值我真的很努力的克服了……太丑了兄弟
有趣的灵魂万里无一。这片子怎么好我说不出来，应该说这部片子可以算是所有做作的恋爱电影的终极反义词了。
在连续拍摄了那些偏执，迷离，缺爱的男性之后，PTA以轻松姿态拍了一部关于“小大人”的电影，一个佯装精英，另一个稚气未脱，他们嗅到什么动机，PTA就跟到哪里，松散的结构是反成功学的，这些构成影片的一个个小事件本身——舞台表演、政治话术、酒后癫狂、以及“成年人”本身，永远无法汇聚成河流，唯有难以捕捉的情感，在轨道镜头的奔跑下去见证个体的联结。
都不知道该说，幸好还是虽然，一直都喜欢不起来PTA，这么无趣的青春片，怎么能出自PTA。。
三星半。就很难想象PTA拍了一部纯爱，但是男女主都长相平平这一点非常独特。
语调松弛，调度撩人，构筑起的70年代情境也是可信的，每场戏都能看到充沛的荷尔蒙，但总归是有佳句无佳章。兜兜转转讲了一大圈，中间一度开启了创业的成长线，没想到最后还是落回到爱情这个点上，问题是没觉得男女主角之间擦出了什么火花，也看不到奔跑中本该储蓄和释放的能量。不过那些犹疑与野心，倒是映照出了年轻岁月里所有不甘平庸的心情。
复古轻快又很真诚的爱情小品，镜头调度还是一如既往的迷人，男女主表演很自然…
可能在现在这个时间点上显得太私人太无关痛痒了，但总归应该容得下这种作品的存在。
多好啊，因为两个人不能在一起，才形成了不断试错不断冒险的奇怪磁场，经历对彼此的伤害嫉妒和守护，完成了既是各自又是共同的成长。PTA有坚定的自我和深情，表面的疯狂迷幻之下是坚固的心理现实主义，这是他一如既往的写给过去的情书
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