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.
玫瑰有很多颜色，我们可以是任何颜色。
在镣铐下尊严而自由地活着立意可以，某些情节如牺牲利用小男友也有弧光闪现，Alia的表现也自然灵气，这些种种让我觉得本片原可以描绘出一个复杂玲珑的灰色人物，但SLB就是能把他的所有女主都拧巴成伟大光明正义模范神的形象，现实主义意识为零，画面依旧是假而空的雕饰，表达全靠台词，至今都没学会把影像哪怕和他自己那堆空话建立联结，看不下去了…
作为电影 并没有很好看 作为传记 它的意义值得推荐
太长了。。。。 这片子有一个不错的背景故事，布景很用心，镜头有美感，但无奈故事编排能力实在太差，可以说相当草率原始
有时候我们会悲哀地看到，思想一旦深入人心，即便是同性也会成为帮凶。
本以为是部大女主复仇的爽片，但其实是部底色深沉的历史传记片，讲述了上世纪60、70年代女性争取权益的往事，我从中得以一窥印度的历史与思想，还感受到特别强烈的地域与时代局限性。单论制作水平，这部电影叙事很平实，镜头有质感，甚至连印度歌舞的插入也结合剧情发展与人物情绪做了专门编排，于是虽然片长2.5h且主题严肃，看下来也不觉得太长。
我觉得是近期比较值得看的一部印度电影。尤其是在唐山烧烤店事件发生之后。
女性意识觉醒但没有完全觉醒 比如为什么一下子就认命了 为什么大佬如此信赖女主帮她解决各种问题 为什么女主从政后不选择直接解放妓女而是主张要给妓女权利 为什么女主对贩卖她到妓院的初恋依然怀有情感 但印度拍出这种电影真的非常厉害了 当成爽片来看非常棒！ 她不仅救赎了自己获得尊严 也拯救了成百上千的遭受苦难的女性//我承认前一段文字携带了太多偏见 我没有真正站在甘古拜的立场和印度的国情去看问题 对于她的言行过于挑剔
有幸看过，拿到桌子上拍这片子，画面整体布景给人一种很舒服的感觉
太喜欢女主了，有胆量有智慧 朋友死的那块好虐 哎这些女人都好惨
5.16看的，甘加、甘古、甘古拜您真的好美。
从妓院走出来的孟买女帝~
有罪的是拐卖人口的孽障，没有人有资格看不起为了活下去而努力的人
电影既保持了印度特色，又找到了独特的叙事切入点，不拖泥带水，直切主题。近几年，印度女性主义电影层出不穷，而且佳作频生，想想也是跟世界大环境有关吧。
不得不说三哥三姐一个个都是嘴炮十级，但是你最后开始鼓吹卖淫合法化那个逻辑能说服谁？妓女是维稳机器，没有妓女，“良家”就会被强奸，社会就会乱套？那干脆直接说y染劣等，直接清除就好了。
演讲说的好但面见总理的那一段我理解不了
甘古拜洗白篇，不是「人物传记」的传记式电影，来自底层世界的呐喊永远是宝莱坞的主旋律。电影的质感非常厚重，虽然布景还原度低，但强烈的「棚拍感」却丝毫不影响观感度及观众的情感融入。内核不乏主流的「女性主义」色彩，可究其根本还是印度社会的阶层压迫与权利斗争裹挟下的「女性歧视」。阿丽娅布哈特可谓一战封神，精湛演出值得任何电影节的一座影后奖杯。本以为《星期四》已经是2022印影天花板，没想到，终究是我肤浅了。（很疑惑为何妓女生的都是女孩，男孩们都去哪了？）
还真是权利越大责任越大
唯一一个没有跳过歌舞片段的印度电影。首先因为女主是一个内心柔软且坚强的人所以支持她走到最后，而不是什么苦难磨练了她这种鬼话。苦难只是苦难而已
好強的印度電影，甚少的嚴肅正劇（見識少 抱歉），有戲味有格調，女主眼神也非常銳利有力，歌舞也盡量是serve 劇情才出現（雖然仍有情情塔塔的），但也算是較內斂的Bollywood 。 唯獨港豬視覺還是離地的看異國面貌，沒有很理解甘古在做的事，也無法真心跟隨人民心聲地為妓女鼓掌，但認真思考過後還是是很容易認同與理解。維權，光鮮的世界的陰暗背面（或是文明的性慾），還是需要願意身體自主的女人在當中平衡，選擇或犧牲，孟買如是，世界每個角落如是，以黑暗掩藏黑暗
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