"Yellow Birds" follows John Bartle and the difficulties he faces in keeping his humanity, his urge to survive and his friend Murph alive during the war in Iraq, as well as his life and struggles with his memories of the war after he comes back to Virginia.... (Full plot summary below)
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"Yellow Birds" follows John Bartle and the difficulties he faces in keeping his humanity, his urge to survive and his friend Murph alive during the war in Iraq, as well as his life and struggles with his memories of the war after he comes back to Virginia.
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| AV ClubA.A. DowdDirected by Alexandre Moors, who made the D.C. sniper movie Blue Caprice, The Yellow Birds might have used its nonlinear structure to confront us with how war reshapes these young men, putting who they were and who they become into conversation. But the performances don’t capture that psychological change. |
| RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoIt's not only that The Yellow Birds doesn't have anything new to say, but that it's playing movie karaoke with other, better war movies. |
| SlashfilmAngie HanBasically every war movie ever made takes pains to point out that war is hell, but the way The Yellow Birds presents that hell is interesting, precisely because it's not that interesting. |
| Detroit NewsAdam Graham"The Yellow Birds" is a difficult film that hammers home its point that war is a living hell that extends far beyond the battlefield. |
| Vanity FairRichard LawsonA lyrical and bitterly sad drama about boys ruined by war, Alexandre Moors's film succeeds on style while falling short on plot. |
| New York ObserverRex ReedThe 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. |
| Screen InternationalTim GriersonThe Yellow Birds is a war movie whose outlines may be familiar — but its emotional clarity gives this drama an almost crushing sense of intimacy. |
| Film InquiryTom BedfordIt's received a fair amount of negative response for its allegiance to the cinematic canon, but The Yellow Birds is more than the sum of other films' parts and makes for a worthwhile adventure. |
| Common Sense MediaMichael OrdoñaWar violence, language, shocking moments in mature drama. |
| National Newspaper Publishers Association Dwight BrownWhat you see and hear will haunt you. Despite all the strong elements, a somber mood is what you will take away. |
