Today, the Kicking the Seat Podcast and David Fowlie of Keeping it Reel talk about Alexandre Moors' The Yellow Birds, which opens in ultra-limited release this Friday. The Iraq War drama stars Alden Ehrenreich and Tye Sheridan as soldiers whose involvement in an overseas incident leads to a soul-shattering mystery back home.
The film is a puzzlement to Ian and David. Why is a beautifully shot film with across-the-board-excellent performances (including supporting turns from Toni Collette, Jennifer Aniston, and Jack Huston) and an engrossing PTSD story being dismissed by critics and buried in the single-theatre wasteland? This show might not contain all the answers, but the guys provide a hearty defense of this gritty, if uneven, entry in a well-tread sub-genre.
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