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.
三星给制作 故事逻辑太差了 还都是刻板印象
真的又土又刻奇。我不明白为什么21世纪都过去22年了，皮克斯/迪士尼还要拍一个这样的故事，七年前你们就拍出过《头脑特工队》啊……为什么无论从作画、桥段和设计都这么土……匪夷所思了。华裔二三代移民融入白人社会，旧民俗和新价值观为什么要拍的这么简单呢？皮克斯童趣而不幼稚的风格已经随风而去了是吗……亚裔女孩承担过重的期待和责任，理解母亲的part真的太差了，作为《美国女孩》同段产品，太差太差了。
相比成年人的苦难生活，你会发现电影里的环境和包容性是无法实现的，至少在我们这一代人之间。看着红毛熊猫如此的释放，反而让在现实生活中处处碰壁的我觉得难过。
“献给我们的女儿，妈妈，姨妈和外婆，你们有魔力！”
就问这么软fufu的小熊猫谁不想rua！！
成长之重量之烦恼之情绪如洪水猛兽，但我就是想要保留心里那头野兽！！
有点可爱哈哈 青春社死物语…turning RED的多重意义 青春期的另一个我 拥抱自己的怪兽还是顺从家族/文化传统将它祛除/压抑？实际上结尾依然是一种西式自我迷思的胜利 如果有续集 有了长大的美美 这就不再是一个二元对立的选择题。挣脱束缚的那一步是重要的 但我们会慢慢发现这道题目本身的虚假。
啊啊啊太可爱了啊！美美好可爱（完美的女儿啊！），朋友们好可爱，妈妈很好，婆婆和阿姨们都很好！情节真的是又幼稚又好笑，imagine如果我有幸见过7只小熊猫在空中做法，绝对永生难忘！不过男性角色隐形是中国特色了哈。
总体挺一般的，看个乐子不错.难以置信的是，这部评分居然能和《雄狮少年》差不多，大家未免对国漫太严苛，对迪士尼太包容了点……
谁能拒绝可可爱爱的小熊猫，没有人！心中的野兽，封印并不安全，学会如何与野兽共处，才是更有勇气的选择。母女之间好像和解了，好像又没有，希望曾经的受伤者，不要再变为施暴者。
还是那句话，看书要看古书，现代畅销书就是渣渣。看片屏蔽好莱坞，拒绝评分诱惑，吃菜要避免连锁店。总之，直觉还是更管用，拒绝一切宣传与评分，垃圾才需要宣传，精品都需要淘。
为什么要封印小熊猫！她看起来好有礼貌的样子！看完后我陷入思考，如果不封印，如果小猫咪都可以引发变身，美美家应该会因为小熊猫可爱引发更多变身的多米诺反应吧。
羁绊一生。
这是皮克斯？看完只觉得儒家文化圈太tm累了
他们说怪兽被释放出来的次数越多，越强大难以控制，所以你要学会压抑，把自己锁起来——相比于你控制自己的怪兽，这更多是说他们控制你。女孩们在一起时很自由很可爱。用4这个在中国文化里被诅咒的数字来破除旧陋习挺动心思的，it's all four you。皮克斯的内容越来越跟不上技术了。｜2775
6.5分。我喜欢这部电影的原因，由浅入深分别是：一，它还原了一个“平平无奇”的13岁少年/女的憧憬一切的童真、跃跃欲试的激情、怯生生的自信，精准到叹为观止；二，一方面表现了一种极为典型的中式家庭关系，爱即束缚，一方面却毫不狗血滥情或者歇斯底里，实属难得；三，在一个如此到位地刻画华人家庭关系的作品还要面对“我的父母不这样”的质疑的时代，感谢还有石之矛、皮克斯以及所有幕后的创作者，还在如西西弗斯推石头般提醒我们，不管你是美国人、中国人还是加拿大华人，我们曾经都是差不多的小孩子，都有着差不多的忧愁与快意、恐惧与勇气，我们看到喜欢的异性会眼冒金星，会想办法存钱去看偶像的演唱会，会因为父母自我中心的为你好而社死。
太好看啦。Turning red暗喻了青春期的初潮，是少男少女自我意识的觉醒，“一切都要开始变化”；变化之后的小熊猫既代表着与那个不那么美好的自我，也代表着挣脱规训的反叛。Meimei选择与小熊猫共处而不是像老一辈女性那样压抑那个生气、反叛的自己，也是自我探索、挣脱传统习俗礼教束缚的一大步。最后妈妈说“你走得越远我越骄傲”，泪目。
红熊猫包含了小女孩青春期的各种躁动，含义也很丰富，尤其它的传说，红熊猫可以是祝福，也可能是诅咒：来月事能生育，长大成女人，是好事是坏事也都一念间。这种人无完人，接纳多面自己的观念灌输，就很适合给容易自我怀疑的青春期小孩看啊。怎么平衡好身边各种亲密关系，平衡好家庭和外面世界，平衡好传统和新鲜，一道道都是要跨的槛。真的很明亮可爱，本来红熊猫毛茸茸就很萌，还动不动爆热血日漫星星眼；竹林、诗画、“照妖镜”、宗祠祭祖、道士做法之类也都很有中国神怪故事印记在，整个片就跟小美一样，可爱得古灵精怪。
皮克斯的又一部佳作，主角是个有脾气的小女孩，反抗与撒野的外在物化实体表现，那么多规矩和束缚，是成年人世界强硬施加的，小孩子不应该背负那么多枷锁。
从青春片的角度上看中规中矩， 不太明白为什么受到追捧。西方对儒家文化的看法可能就是影片里这种，family fisrt，duty first，以及各种学霸吧啦吧啦。其实挺缺乏深入理解的。我看有人说加拿大华人就是这个样子，我是不了解啦，我就是觉得这个电影太黑白分明了。不如李安。
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