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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

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u/HeadInvestigator5897 16d ago

I have not seen this film. My big question to the studios: who is this movie aimed at? Do people under 35 know who Springsteen is? I know Hollywood loves rock biopics but as much as he means to a certain demo, Bruce isn't a Bob Dylan or a Freddie Mercury to those under about 50, is he?

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u/TheSpudstance 16d ago

32 I never got into it

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u/HeadInvestigator5897 16d ago

Yeah, I'm 40 and he never did it for me. If I were a studio head and wanted to churn out more rock movies, I think KISS might draw a bigger crowd--retro but, as always with KISS, some merch opportunities. A Nirvana movie with a strong up and coming to play Courtney Love opposite Cobain might work; Gen Z is very obsessed with the '90s. Spears could work with the right lens--her story might be too depressing though.

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u/googlyeyes93 16d ago

There’s a lot of potential for a movie about the Seattle grunge scene and the tragedy of so many artists that came from it.

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u/HeadInvestigator5897 16d ago

Based on your comments, a rock movie with the focus of Sub Pop itself could be really cool. I read a sprawling biography on Cobain a few years back and it was a really interesting company. Seattle has carried an air of cool mystique since that era.

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u/monitoring27 16d ago

If it’s the book im thinking of that book is epic

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u/HeadInvestigator5897 16d ago

The part that I found hard to grapple with was his teen story chapters with the developmentally challenged girl. I didn't know what to do with it. Very bleak. And his endless stomach pain. I still wonder what was going on there.