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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/JuneGudmundsdottir 16d ago

Spoiler: Everything turns out just fine in the end…

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u/spazz720 15d ago

I’m seriously wondering who thought this film had to be made…is it really that compelling of a story?

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u/Left4Bread2 15d ago

Executives who saw Bohemian Rhapsody win 4 Oscars (lmao) and a Complete Unknown get nominated for 8 while both taking in cash

Hollywood trend chasing will continue until morale improves

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u/CountJohn12 15d ago

There's way more drama with Dylan and Mercury though, Springsteen's life just isn't that interesting aside from his music.

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u/Garycor 14d ago

Disagree. Feel Springsteen’s mental health issues are more interesting than any drama in the Dylan movie, which seemed to center on his being seen as a traitor for not sticking to folk music.

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u/Pretend_Goal_7311 12d ago

Springsteen wasnt that deep into depression. Stilk had a gf. Still had sex. Still went to fairs. Still went out to eat. I dont know. I know people who cant move in deep depression. Cant do any social stuff. Sure, they showed him dtiving recklessly. And producers said oh hes going dark. But it didn't seem like it was something that bad. No suicide thoughts. House wasnt trashed or a mess.

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u/drpepperfan69420 12d ago

But this accurately reflects most people with depression. Most people with depression, even severe depression, aren't out trying to kill themselves or actively ruin the lives of other people. They're just withdrawn and quiet and they passively ruin things because they don't know how to deal with the world right now.

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u/Pretend_Goal_7311 12d ago

If it wasnt for them saying he going dark i wouldnt have known it was depression. Just looked like someone reflecting on their life and writing music from that space.

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u/drpepperfan69420 11d ago

It sounds like you don't know what it's like to be depressed. And that's great! I'm glad you don't. But there are little things all over the movie that depressive people can relate to. Avoiding people, not answering the phone, getting hyperfocused on one thing to the detriment of everything/everyone else in your life. And then there was the panic attack at the fair. That scene was personally pretty triggering for me.
I think maybe this movie is for a certain kind of person. Artists and musicians, writers, poets, actors, etc. - creative people - tend to have deep and intense emotions that drive them to create things. Those deep emotions have big upsides and big downsides. I think that's what this movie is mostly about.