[REVIEW] 'The Yellow Birds' Film Review

Here's what critics had to say about the adaption of author Kevin Power's novel-based drama/war film 'The Yellow Birds' starring Jennifer with criticism from Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and IMDb.

Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a score of 31% based on reviews from 16 critics with an average rating of 5.1/10.0 Rotten Tomatoes critic consensus has yet to be determined. Positive reviews from Rotten Tomatoes include: "Director Alexandre Moors doesn't approach these conventional war-film narrative threads from a straightforward perspective. Instead, he subverts our expectations." - critic Tim Grierson for Screen International. "Even though 'The Yellow Birds' doesn't stick the landing, it's the kind of movie that's perfect for actor Alden Ehrenreich to show off his range as he gears of to be a movie star." - critic Mike Ryan for Uproxx. "Moors excels at creating mood." - critic Jordan Hoffman for the Guardian. Negative reviews from Rotten Tomatoes include: "It'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." - critic Brian Tallerio for Robert Ebert.com. " 'The Yellow Birds'...takes the form of a detective story, albeit one in which the mystery is as drearily protracted as it is ultimately unpersuasive." - critic Justin Chang for Lost Angeles Times. " 'The Yellow Birds' mostly feels like a slightly different version of 'American Sniper', not least because of its disregard for any lives lost that don't belong to Americans." - critic Sara Stewart for the New York Post.

" 'The Yellow Birds' excels at creating mood." - critic Jordan Hoffman for the Guardian

According to Metacritic 'The Yellow Birds' got a score of 50 out of 100. The film received mostly mixed reviews from Metacritic critics including: "There are elements of 'The Yellow Birds' that should equate to a unique cinematic experience. Unfortunately, like Bartle's return home, you leave the theater somewhat dazed, confused and thinking of what went wrong." - critic Gregory Ellwood for The Playlist. "The film keeps acting like it has something big to tell us; it plods and brooks with self-importance. Yet in almost every crucial way, 'The Yellow Birds' is a flat and listless piece of movie making, a monotonous indie dirge." - critic Owen Gleiberman for Variety.

" 'The Yellow Birds' will subvert your expectations." - critic Tim Grierson for Screen International

IMDb the internet movie database gave 'The Yellow Birds' an 8.0 star rating out of a 10.0 star rating based on 89 votes from 65 users and 24 critics. Reviews have yet to be released by the site.