The Yellow Birds

2017

Action / Drama / War

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 44% · 41 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 37% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 4662 4.7K

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Plot summary

Two young soldiers, Bartle and Murph, navigate the terrors of the Iraq war under the command of the older, troubled Sergeant Sterling. All the while, Bartle is tortured by a promise he made to Murph's mother before their deployment.


Uploaded by: FREEMAN
August 19, 2018 at 02:15 PM

Top cast

Jennifer Aniston as Maureen Murphy
Alden Ehrenreich as Brandon Bartle
Jason Patric as Captain Anderson
Toni Collette as Amy Bartle
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1 hr 34 min
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
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English 2.0
R
23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by RobTheWatcher 4 / 10

Flawed War Film

Yellow Birds was a flawed movie from start to finish. Despite the story being interesting and the quality of production being above average, this was an easily forgettable war movie. To start, it was exceptionally slow to start picking up, which is never a good sign (especially when the movie is so short). We never saw their friendship grow or really any character development occur. We were never provided with a clear reason as to why they decided to hid that truth and cover it up. And we have no idea how it was found out that they did that. Just loads of missing information throughout. Not a fan.

Reviewed by torstensonjohn 8 / 10

From Novel to Film, Hit's all the Right Spots

This is a strong and compelling adaptation of Kevin Power novel involving the Iraq War. It has driven and poetic moments, and versatile and strong acting, but does have the almost jumpy feel to it as we go back and forth from real time to different engagements in the film. . The strength of Director Alexandre Moore elicits centered performances from his cast, including strong support by Aniston as a desperate mother, Collette as an exasperated one, and Huston as a veteran leader who defies the easy dramatic classifications of "good" and "bad." The strength and passion of the film lies with the two leads who are outstanding. Sheridan (Mud, Joe, Ready Player One) is a soulful actor who deftly conveys Murph's naïveté and eventual break and crisis. He's instantly sympathetic. Ehrenreich, who has swung hard from impressive work (Hail, Caesar) to less so (Solo: A Star Wars Story) is focused and settled as the damaged young man at the story's center. His Bartle is a true everyman -- without direction, not a star soldier, not a failure. The difference in him before and after he reaches his personal breaking point is clear; the sometimes-poetic narration seems to come from somewhere that didn't exist until it was unearthed by his experiences.

The levity of the film comes from the emotional and compelling performances. War pictures come across many ways and mostly with action and eye popping cinematography. This film comes at you in a completely different way and tells the story of what men and women see, feel and think in times of battle. Many are fearful, scared and become soulless to the graphic scenes they see. I like the film and feel it deserves many accolades. A superb story and perfectly captures the feel of war. A solid 8 out of 10

Reviewed by lavatch 8 / 10

The Fog of War

In the bonus segment of the DVD of "The Yellow Birds," the film artists described how they approached the tragedy of war. There was no overt political discussion of the futility of America's wars in the Middle East for the past fifteen years. But that message nonetheless comes across in the depiction of a war where there are no heroes and the reality on the ground is nothing like the young soldiers had imagined when they signed on to serve their nation. In an early moment of the film, one of the soldiers recalls of the war that they "didn't tell us what is was that brought us there or what it (the war) wanted" of them.

The film is based on Kevin Powers' novel which drew upon his personal experiences in combat in the Middle East. In the DVD bonus segment, Powers observed that the three central characters of Sterling, Bartle, and Murphy, who get lost in the fog of war, were different facets of himself. The two characters of the mothers are crucial for the emotional undercurrents of the film. In the DVD bonus clip, Powers observed that the decisions of the policy makers in Washington, D.C. have unexpected consequences for ordinary Americans like the two caring mothers in the film.

The film builds dramatic tension in the story of what happened to young Murphy. The film offers a thoughtful window in the confusion that takes place in trying to understanding decisions made on the ground that leave no trace other than the memories of the participants. The film is successful in demonstrating how some horrific incidents may be "fixed" in order to distort the truth and how the veterans do not return whole from their traumatic war experiences.

This film was well-acted and well-photographed with graphic realism in the realities of the moment-to-moment experience of war and the life-damaging effects on human lives. It was especially poignant that there was a festive send-off for the young soldiers, but no fanfare whatsoever in their return, other than the memories that will haunt the survivors forever.

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