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.
阿莫多瓦真的老了，上部电影是回忆童年，这部电影则是关于历史、家国、传承、血缘（当然还有soapy melodrama）看《平行母亲》就像看西班牙金星主持1818黄金眼，所谓的“叛经离道”只是外表，本质上还是聊家长里短的狗血八卦，传达传统价值观。
虽然明面上是《关于我母亲的一切》，是关于曾外祖母、外祖母、母亲和女儿的一切；但她们寻找的却一直是父亲，是那个外祖母、姨母、母亲口中念念不忘的、以照片为证的父亲。历史可以很大，家庭可以很小，但无论大小，在吵过、打过、分过之后，最重要的还是合。想来阿莫多瓦这一辈子最恨的就是不能合男女于一身自己十月怀胎生育了吧……
不愧是阿莫多瓦，故事总是有意想不到的走向，还因此多了解了一些西班牙内战。
电影看完，男主不怎么招人喜欢，好朋友罗宾倒是挺招人喜欢的
太狗血了，整个故事的收束点放在一个合理又奇怪的位置，重要的事件突然让位给了某种深层又隐晦的表达，其中消失的男性和四处在寻找的男性并没有足够的阴影，好像在表现女性力量或同情女性，实际上又没有聚焦在这里
镜头语言的瑰丽让人无法越过每一帧，故事的走向落到男性的集体死亡，对女性来说孩子是最好的缅怀和反讽，或者说和解。男性对莫来说太轻了，母亲是全部。
原始海报已经被“和谐”了……
用奇情写历史，这种呼应妙极了，独裁者就是那双调换人物命运的看不见的手。
大韩剧场银幕大有什么用，头顶全削了，下次不来了。谁不想当佩内洛普梦女👊🏻！真会用色彩。不太是我的菜。
应该是阿莫多瓦继《活色生香》之后再一次处理历史题材。两位女性代表了西班牙国内两代人对待弗朗哥时期历史的两种不同态度。总的来说创作衰退挺明显的。前半段有一场利用开门的匹配剪辑完成一次闪回，简直是照抄《猎凶风河谷》。【6】
虽然佩内洛普·克鲁兹演得很出色，但这剧情未免也太狗血了一些。
年度十佳！三位母亲、三个女儿、三次反讽复归，一段历史追寻、一次记忆挖掘，一场回望之爱......从迪奥提玛孕育的爱之教诲，到深重往事的再次回溯，皆是对不朽的渴望和对死亡的超越，这就是阿莫多瓦的《会饮》，多年如一日的奇情作者特性的达成。
想讲的太多又讲的莫名其妙的，靠梦境和电话才能推进的剧情一点都不恐怖和暴力。前面大篇幅讲了校园暴力和原生家庭，和后面有半毛钱关联吗？而且在这个过程中，一开始就想逃的男主，看上去前后毫无变化，也没有任何成长，看了个寂寞。
两星全是给佩内洛普的。至于故事，很多情节都不和逻辑，比如：发现不是自己的孩子的第一反应难道不应该是赶紧找自己的孩子吗，或者说如果第一时间去找，孩子或许不会是那样的结果。其次，孩子抱错和挖坑有什么关系？更不要说les情结发生的莫名其妙，然后不了了之。
一段错换的人生，前面的剧情让我想起了姚策案，但又穿插了西班牙过去的一点历史，情感厚度非常足，真的没想到这个故事阿莫多瓦是这样处理的。我觉得他依然是当今在世的作者型导演中最具原创性之一的，尤其是在现在各大快餐ip、翻拍的时代
说实话没认出伊桑霍克，片子气氛还不错，但用灵异的手段来制造悬疑气氛，反而和片子略有不搭调。我以为最后会像别的片子一样，由警察和侦探来完成最后的审判，但没成想导演却直接让你爽了一把，这对于未成年人来说恐怕也未必是件好事吧。
最后的落点竟然是nerd小男主经过被绑架的事件后愿意使用暴力开始自我认同，然后得到青少年们的某种钦佩orz
Almodóvar自VOLVER以来最好的作品。
剧情进展大体能够猜到，除了被抱错的孩子有一个死去这点有些意外。影片主要有两个重点，其一是两个女主抱错孩子后的一系列故事，其二是挖掘祖先遗骸这贯穿始终的线索，二者有些割裂，并不怎么融洽，一个是个人悲剧，另一个是家国过往的惨重历史，还掺杂着些同性元素，感觉想表达的很多，但都是浅尝辄止。不过观影过程很舒适，故事不拖沓，很生活化，个人比较喜欢这种风格，多加一星。佩内洛普·克鲁兹的表演完美，影后实至名归。
7.9 兴趣不大，期待不高，从边聊边看到津津有味。最大的败笔在于预设了主题却没办法编出一个相称的故事，追忆国家历史与女性沉重生活间的关系实在若即若离，结尾的字幕实在多余。但好就好在或许因为创作有限制，这种拍了一堆奇情狗血无语电影的人保证了他能做到的精彩抓人而不至于滑向无穷的抓马深渊。
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