US EditionReview of ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,’ an Atypical Biopic that Puts a Face to The Boss’ Traumas
The film explores Springsteen’s isolation and emotional turmoil that shaped the raw Nebraska album, which includes haunting tracks reflecting his personal struggles.
- On October 24, 2025, Deliver Me From Nowhere premieres, Scott Cooper's biopic focusing on Bruce Springsteen's emotionally raw Nebraska-era as a reckoning.
- After The River tour ended in 1981, Bruce Springsteen retreated to a modest cabin 50 miles from New York City and recorded lo-fi cassette demos shaping Nebraska's raw tone.
- The film uses original recordings and reviewers praised its sound design, while Jeremy Allen White delivers a standout portrayal capturing Springsteen's internal battles.
- The film holds a 68% on Rotten Tomatoes and 65 on Metacritic, with The Guardian and The Hollywood Reporter praising its emotional honesty but warning fans seeking hits may be disappointed.
- Rather than a greatest-hits arc, the film takes creative liberties with romantic scenes and highlights Jon Landau pushing CBS Records to release Nebraska on Springsteen's terms.
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The Springsteen film 'Deliver Me From Nowhere' is a sympathetic and somewhat helpless film that you probably have to be more of a music fan than a film fan to appreciate.
The biopic of legendary star Bruce Springsteen, Deliver Me From Nowhere, in addition to the world of entertainment and glitz, also openly showed the less pleasant sides that the musician faced on his way to the top - including a near-mental breakdown and an identity crisis. Slovenian musicians were also present at the film premiere, who can to some extent empathize with the duality of the world's star life.
Another bio-pic about a rock star? Yes, but different this time: "Deliver me from Nowhere" shows Bruce Springsteen's dark hours – with "The Bear-Star Jeremy Allen White as boss in the best form.
The darkness and violence of Bruce Springsteen's album "Nebraska" stirred something in a twelve-year-old boy. More than 40 years later, Scott Cooper made the film "Springsteen - deliver me from nowhere".
No Rockstar show: The first movie about Bruce Springsteen is a silent drama about a man in crisis.
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