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Synopsis

Young soldiers Brandon Bartle (Alden Ehrenreich) and Daniel Murphy (Tye Sheridan) forge a strong bond while suffering the horrors of the Iraq war under a troubled commander. When tragedy strikes the platoon, one soldier must return home to face the hard truth behind the incident, tortured by a promise he made to his friend’s mother before they were deployed. Directed by Alexandre Moors and based on the novel The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers. The film also stars Toni Collette, Jason Patric, Jack Huston and Jennifer Aniston.

Cast

  • Toni Collette
  • Alden Ehrenreich
  • Jennifer Aniston
  • Tye Sheridan
  • Jack Huston
  • Jason Patric
  • Lee Tergesen
  • Renée Willett
  • Olivia Crocicchia
  • Aylin Tezel

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Metacritic

50
Jan 25, 2017

Moors is a filmmaker with immense talent, as demonstrated in his Sundance film Blue Caprice from a few years back, but the beats don’t quite align this time around.

Metacritic review by Dan Mecca
Dan Mecca
The Film Stage
60
Jan 25, 2017

Yellow Birds goes heavy on the brooding, and even though a lot of it looks gorgeous and carries the whiff of great importance it is ultimately stunted by a central event that isn’t worth the mystery that surrounds it.

Metacritic review by Jordan Hoffman
Jordan Hoffman
The Guardian
50
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.

Metacritic review by Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
The Hollywood Reporter