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.
电影感不强，但胜在真诚。
与前作基本一脉相承，这次妈妈的演员太加分了，很难让人不喜欢。
當然也希望世界早日能夠給他們同等的地位
这样真诚的地方片，叙事也自然流畅，值得鼓励，评分和我预期很吻合，我也觉得是7.5。
全片最让我感动的地方有两幕，一幕是男主在彩虹游行边戴上面具，小幅度的舞动双手，像鸟儿终于获得自由，情感表达克制又热烈；另一幕是结尾处，两家人终于接纳了真正的男女主，他们的伴侣得以一起参加迎接孩子的仪式，四目相对两两相视而笑的一刻让人不禁泪目。
中国人口的希望在潮汕，正如世界人口的希望在绿绿
意外地还不错，音乐很棒，最喜欢那首云后的月娘，听到码头问我会累吗，忍不住落泪。那个妈妈的素人演员真好，飞机上妈妈问儿子“你说，妈妈是不是很没用啊”，太真实了
剧情有点拖沓……女主好勇！最后的游行太感动了！
开头我还以为是东南亚某个国家的片子。结果发现不是的。居然就是国产片。过了开头以后就发现这个电影还是挺有意思的。非常接近我们现在国家的真实婚姻状况。老一辈就是这样理解的。非常感同身受。尤其是女主去男主母亲家里这个情况我觉得非常的真实，非常的有代表性。
旧爱重逢，身份认同。潮汕风味的《带你去见我妈》是一部借「改革开放」春风深化「封建迷信」冻土，缓解个体与环境互动中形成的两套「爱情」神话叙事逻辑的冲突，并着重处理「母子」关系的作品。它与处理「父子」关系的《坏儿子》大同小异：父子身份在洗澡一幕悄然发生反转。幸与不幸，历经过「婚姻」失败的《独身女人》显然没有《东北虎》妈狠——无需「流血事件」爆发，一切都是可通过谈判协商解决的「面子」问题。这部小格局「形象」宣传片真正的目的不是邀请「未婚妻」儿远嫁过来，而是鼓励「东北虎」妈出去「闯荡」促谈。无论是谈恋爱，还是谈生意，可不都是「少一点套路，多一点真诚」嘛。影片强调的是「东西」文化贯通，经济特区的「科技之神」手机与周边传统「宗教」意识形态深入融合。趁着这个「百年难得一遇的好日子」重塑家庭格局和世界秩序。
很难相信，一个大环境下还靠硬件匹配程度来由家里人匹配结婚对象并指婚的国家能时不时的拍出几部这样题材的电影。更难理解的是，我们一边嘲笑人家一边固步自封（退回封建）。
我本人不是同性恋，甚至觉得有点恶心。
第3601-对比昨天看《四海》，这部耐看得多，比如儿子和母亲打闹，儿子从平台上面看妈妈给洗澡的弟弟拿煤气罐，很多要用心去感受才能安排出来的细节，对比四海的形式花架子，更能入心。开头相亲段子有点low，差点放弃。
［8.0］挺有趣的电影，可惜因为小成本和不知名主演导致没有上映到春节档。十分推荐要带女朋友回老家的哥们看看，提前熟悉下两个不同地域之间的差异和互相的磨合处理。
真的是意外惊喜，虽然没去过潮汕，却像在看身边的生活一般，有笑有泪
这部电影很多地方会让潮汕人和接触过潮汕家庭的人会心一笑——在外拼搏的潮汕人一旦用方言对上号就是自己人，什么事都好说；非广东人统称为“外省”；老爷保号让我抱个男孙；潮汕传统妇女为家庭操劳一辈子，孝顺公婆伺候丈夫子女简直是刻在基因里的使命；时刻都在忙拜神，你不好说这是封建愚昧还是有信仰和虔诚。潮汕因为故步自封本地经济很差，但是在外的潮汕人够团结反而很容易成功，有说法潮汕人拜的神多所以台风天灾都绕着走，潮汕夫妻关系和睦全国离婚率最低…这些都不是刻板印象，这些依然是现状。这片说着外人轻易学不去方言的神奇土地，让无论是在那里还是离开了那里的人，都染上一种病，这病像男主对他妈的感情一样，既想抗争独立，却最终还是自觉回到她的身边，贴上属于她的标签。可能，圈子和身份认同真的让人欲罢不能。PS.妈妈演得真好。
随着男主跟前男友分手后再遇真爱，女主的女朋友住进他们家里，男友的妈妈后来也派来监视他们，后面一个小时的剧情相对有趣搞笑的多，这部片子和其他能够让你笑个不停的印度片来说比较中规中矩，但对不同性向人物的描写却比同类型的片子要深刻许多，还是值得一看
形婚的结局只能是用一个又一个的谎言来圆最初的谎言。最后那段pride游行有戳到泪点。
这样的方言电影，让导演拍出了一种难以言说的真挚.
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