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.
1.5星，和公主篇一样烂，不再用心蒙骗观众，只有套路的反转。不过时隔很久，又再见到长泽雅美傻憨憨的夸张扮笑，还是能受到一些些的感染。
是谁，在电影开始不到一分钟就开始颧骨升天？哦，是我。剧情怎么说呢，基本把目前为止漫画的主线（更确切的说法是主要剧情）都给拍出来了，但漫画后期（安达失去魔法之后）的主线本来就是硬伤，过于零碎，并没有一个足以支撑电影的起承转合，用来磕糖或舔颜来说足够，但以电影来讲，它真的不够好。不过我还是给了五星，因为一直以来我从cherry magic感受到的细腻的温暖和快乐太珍贵了，且好似源源不断取之不竭。
前半段心里一直赤楚好可爱啊好可爱啊好可爱啊到后半段哭到不行…
比“公主篇”好看太多的“英雄篇”，集合了众人的心血与智慧，一起制造了堪称完美的欺诈手段，剧情反转的次数一只手都数不过来，而黑老大赤星对欺诈三人组的不离不弃真是感天动地，请原地和达子结婚！！！
没有内容可以不用拍，强加的见父母潦草的几乎是扮家家酒。黑泽优一的颜崩塌如泥石流。前三十分钟ppt旋进一般的剧情让我如坐针毡想问电影院能不能提供2x速服务。
阿部宽真的笑死。。。一张照片就能结个演出费
这部戏就是为反转而反转，故意而为之，反而失去了本意。#20220616
最后的反转出来的时候明显后劲不足
马耳他啊 什么时候能去呢｜ 局中局已经习惯了 但只要这个系列一直拍 演员和观众都会一直跟着瞎开心吧 麻酱真是什么衣服都能驾驭 赤星你醒醒啊赤星 欺诈师说大道理 谁能扛得住呢
还是原来的配方，不过漏洞还是多了点，而且还是关键点漏洞，挺失望的
焦点人物视角叙事，最后痛快的大反转。眼见不一定为实，什么是真实，什么是虚假，只有神明才能知道答案，欢迎来到欺诈师的世界！达子被拯救是因为她有一群小伙伴陪伴她，维护世界和平不一定要靠英雄，也许是需要一群志同道合的侠盗。一路看着的黑道大哥赤星已经沦为达子的小猫咪，真是惊喜不断。最后彩蛋的歌舞秀简直就是儿童节礼物来的，好久没有看一个让人这么开怀大笑的电影啦
剧本质量比剧集好了很多，反转反转再细节反转，不过我有点质疑储物室的问题，知道构造也不知道装修吧。剪辑花了功夫，不过2个多小时真的有点长。赤星有一点帅啊~
表演浮夸，剧情也不能细想。但熬过了前面一个多小时，还能看！就是漫画嘛，何必当真。
三视角角度来剖析还是很好看w 到最后其实已经能猜到手法了，但这并不重要，看到现在是纯粹享受。长泽演技感觉比起去年更好更自然了，一颦一笑都打动人。各种俳優惊喜出场，熊猫出来的时候忍不住笑出声。一瞬泪目是达子提到star的时候，结子不在的事实至今也还是没有能够接受。还有，真的很喜欢他们，也希望一直能演下去，但是每每看到东出的那张出轨脸就觉得不适，总是把我从剧情中扯出来...剧情和其他演员绝对是值票价，但他不值。
作为第四部剧场版，多少受到男主渣男曝光的影响，不过还是秉承这一系列反转反转再反转的骗中骗特色，只不过等了几个月终于看到成片的我还是有些不满意的，因为在公主篇里犯的错误，这部十一点儿也没改啊，跟剧版和前两部剧场版一比，纯粹靠新增人员来圆整个骗局的方式，终究是相对low了不少，虽然令人看了爽快，但那种叹为观止的骗局设计，还是没法达成呢，令人遗憾……
一系列看下来，终于能猜到大多数骗局了，而一直以来的受害者，其实就只有一个——你以为我要说赤星荣介？不不不，其实是小少爷😂😂
依然前两个小时各种迷雾弹，最后几分钟大反转揭晓谜底。行骗过程还不错，虽然开始就能猜到真正的目标人物是谁。长泽雅美演达子已经非常得心应手，甚至有点油滑了。
对这种电视剧衍生电影彻底失去尊重。。纯圈钱
感觉一般般，套路基本都已经摸透了，没有了以往的新鲜感和惊奇感，甚至还觉得有点无聊。
好的爱情不分性别。4月8号第一时间就去看了。他们陪我走过了一个很难的冬天。也让我相信了碰到对的人就是会有一份跨越性别的爱情。谢谢你们。
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