Human uses of birds with effective mimicry of birds. The play's chorus consists of characters playing many identifiable species, including the kingfisher, turtledove, and sparrowhawk; birds feature as messengers and dancers, and several Athenians are compared to specific birds. In film, birds can feature as the major driving force in a story, as in Alfred Hitchcock's acclaimed 1963 "The Birds". Loosely based on Daphne du Maurier's story of the same name, it tells the tale of sudden attacks on people by violent flocks of birds. A bird plays the role of an outlet for a person's feelings in Ken Loach's much admired 1969 "Kes".
The Yellow Birds (film) 47% based on 34 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 5.4/10. The website's critical consensus reads, ""The Yellow Birds" has a strong cast and a worthy message, but they're both lost in this war drama's rote, clichéd story." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 56 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". The Yellow Birds (film) The Yellow Birds is a 2017 American war film directed by Alexandre Moors and based on the novel "The Yellow Birds" by Kevin Powers. The film stars Tye Sheridan, Alden Ehrenreich, Toni Collette, Jason