The Yellow Birds

Name: The Yellow Birds
Genre: Drama, War
Released: June 15, 2018
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 56
Cast: Alden Ehrenreich, Aylin Tezel, Carrie Wampler, Jack Huston, Jason Patric

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Saban Films | Release Date: June 15, 2018 | R

Starring: Alden Ehrenreich, Aylin Tezel, Carrie Wampler, Jack Huston, Jason Patric, Jennifer Aniston, Lee Tergesen, Olivia Crocicchia, Renée Willett, Rhoda Griffis, Robert Pralgo, Toni Collette, Tye Sheridan

Summary: Against the explosive backdrop of the Iraq War, young soldiers Brandon Bartle (Alden Ehrenreich) and Daniel Murphy (Tye Sheridan) forge a deep bond of friendship. When tragedy strikes the platoon, one soldier must return home to face the hard truth behind the incident, and help a grieving mother (Jennifer Aniston) find peace.

Director: Alexandre Moors

Genre(s): Drama, War

Rating: R

Runtime: 94 min

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Jeannette Catsoulis

Jun 14, 2018

Capped by a truly lovely final shot, The Yellow Birds (the title comes from a particularly cruel Army cadence) is about unseen wounds and wasted lives. The closer we get to these young men, the closer we are to wondering how many more of these stories we can bear to hear. Read full review

Rex Reed

Jun 15, 2018

The film is extraordinarily well directed by Alexandre Moors, realistically written, and uniformly well played by an excellent supporting cast that includes Jennifer Aniston, Toni Collette, Jason Patric, and Jack Huston. As “war is hell” movies go, this one is better than usual. Read full review

Kenneth Seward Jr.

Jun 21, 2018

While there's a lot to love in The Yellow Birds, this war film is ultimately a missed opportunity. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

Jan 25, 2017

An excellent novel about the Iraq War and its homefront fallout has been turned into a rather flat and disappointing film in The Yellow Birds. Read full review

April Wolfe

Jun 14, 2018

What Moors offers that’s new is a kind of unfolding mystery, as we come to find what really happened to Murphy in the war zone. Too bad that the pacing is botched and that the whole narrative becomes one long dirge of “and then, and then, and then.” Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

May 29, 2018

For all the vivid combat sequences, the gritty adjustment-back-home touches and a couple of genuinely emotional scenes, it feels incomplete, choppy and something of a cheat. Read full review

Jordan Ruimy

Jan 25, 2017

For a film that has such an intriguing premise at its core, The Yellow Birds seems to drag due to Moor’s abrupt tempo changes and flat visual style. Read full review

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Aug 16, 2018

The methodical pacing here will turn off a lot of viewers, especially those looking for an action packed war movie. This is a cerebral film that can be most difficult to watch at times, but it's an important movie because it illustrates on a very personal level the horrific effects of war onThe methodical pacing here will turn off a lot of viewers, especially those looking for an action packed war movie. This is a cerebral film that can be most difficult to watch at times, but it's an important movie because it illustrates on a very personal level the horrific effects of war on soldiers in the battlefield and upon their return home. The mystery of what happened to one of the soldiers in Iraq slowly unfurls through numerous flashbacks.The acting all around is A-1.… Expand

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