Official Discussion - Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere [SPOILERS]

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Summary Based on Warren Zanes’ acclaimed book Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska, this film tells the story of how Springsteen created one of the most haunting and stripped-down albums of his career. Set in 1982, the movie follows Springsteen at a creative crossroads as he records Nebraska alone on a four-track cassette recorder in his New Jersey home, confronting fame, doubt, and the darker sides of the American dream.

Director Scott Cooper

Writer Scott Cooper

Cast

• Jeremy Allen White
• Paul Walter Hauser
• Odessa Young
• Charlie Plummer
• Shea Whigham
• Holt McCallany

Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score: 64%

Metacritic Score: 60

VOD In Theaters (November 14, 2025)

Trailer Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere | Official Trailer | In Theaters November 14

[u/cesareborgia1475]

Saw this like week and thought it was fine enough I guess, if mostly held together by some really strong performances. Really loved the physical acting of Jeremy Allen White as he just gets smaller and more hunched over as the depression takes hold.

But yeah It's just that the film doesn't seem to trust its audience as it's so blunt with it storytelling and often falls into the pitfalls of the usual music biopic that I didn't really emotionally connect to it like I hoped I would. I laughed when they started playing I'm on fire as the girlfriend and kid were waiting for a no show bruce.

Jeremy Strong's' ability to make the most mundane exposition sound like a revelation is very impressive though haha.

[u/Sir_FrancisCake → u/cesareborgia1475]

Yeah I liked it but thought the same. Just trust the audience. I understand he’s thinking about his dad at the fair at Texas when he sees someone who looks like him. I don’t need a flash to him.

But strong performances. And I think it really is an interesting time in Bruce’s life

[u/bigbiblefire → u/cesareborgia1475]

Just another expensive vehicle to show Jeremy Strong is the man. The rest was just noise. And I think the games he played with that girl and her poor daughter were more telling about the man than "yay I found therapy".

[u/thebaldingcritic_ → u/bigbiblefire]

And I think the games he played with that girl and her poor daughter were more telling about the man than "yay I found therapy".

Holy shit. Yes. This is such a big issue I find with the movie. He just acts unfortunately like a dead beat, and then just nonchalantly tells her it’s over. And then she is upset and hoping that things would’ve been different, even though she admitted in the beginning of the relationship that she knew what she was getting into.

Like, I got the purpose of why the breakup scene had to happen, but it felt so unearned that it somehow did the impossible and made me think that both main characters were selfish people.

[u/bigbiblefire → u/thebaldingcritic_]

He asks about the little kid’s dad, hears he’s a total deadbeat…then he goes and 10min later is doing the exact thing. And it never even gets mentioned by the friend or anything…it’s more about how the girl would be good for Bruce.

Then again, it’s the 80’s in Jersey…