Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is more a case of the final word being the destination of this pseudo-biopic, covering Bruce Springsteen’s (Jeremy Allen White – The Iron Claw) rise to fame and the trials and tribulations.
First off as a child, from his abusive father, Douglas (Stephen Graham – Adolescence), in 1957, before moving on to an early gig in 1981, when he hadn’t yet given us Born in the USA – which became his biggest album ever, but had still established enough of a foothold to be able to experiment with a new direction, which became his then-next album, Nebraska, in 1982.
He’s able to create a more stripped-back sound at his abode, with a TEAC home studio machine and his recording engineer, Mike Batlan (Paul Walter Hauser – The Naked Gun 2025), being inspired to write the title track, based upon mass murderer Charles Starkweather, after seeing a version of him portrayed by Martin Sheen in 1973’s Badlands.
However, while there’s some forced tension between the studio wanting more singles inbetween albums, but with Bruce insisting it’s all about the album as a whole, then demanding this new release has no singles, no tour and no press, it’s just two long hours that may as well be titled “Bruce vs Depression“.
There’s little in this film that’s going to perk anyone up, especially with ths subplot about a relationship with Faye Romano (Odessa Young – Black Rabbit), which was entirely fabricated for this movie, and which just makes him come off as a heartless bastard between them. Why would you add that in?!
Critics have given praise for Mr White as Bruce Springsteen – even though he just looks bored the entire time, as well as Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice) – yes, a tale of two Jeremys – as Bruce’s manager, Jon Landau, but I’ve no idea whether Mr Landau really did sound like he was on mogadon the whole time.
Overall, for Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, there’s possibly a film to be made about Bruce Springsteen, but this is not it. It’s just so low key and flat. And a box-office bomb, having cost $55m to make, and only recouping $18m at the time of writing this review.
Save your cinema ticket money and buy one of his albums, instead. You could buy this film’s soundtrack, but the music is performed by White and not Springsteen. Yeah, no-one wants that.
NOTE: There are no mid, nor post-credits scenes.
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is in cinemas now, but isn’t yet available to pre-order on Blu-ray or DVD. However, once announced, it will appear on the New DVD Blu-ray 3D and 4K releases UK list.
You can also buy the film’s soundtrack on CD and Vinyl.
Detailed specs:
Cert: 
Running time: 119 minutes
Release date: October 24th 2025
Studio: 20th Century Studios
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Cinema: Odeon Trafford Centre
Rating: 2/10
Director: Scott Cooper
Producers: Scott Cooper, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Eric Robinson, Scott Stuber
Screenplay: Scott Cooper
Novel: Warren Zanes
Music: Jeremiah Fraites
Cast:
Bruce Springsteen: Jeremy Allen White
Jon Landau: Jeremy Strong
Mike Batlan: Paul Walter Hauser
Douglas Springsteen: Stephen Graham
Faye Romano: Odessa Young
Al Teller: David Krumholtz
Adele Springsteen: Gaby Hoffmann
Matt Delia: Harrison Sloan Gilbertson
Barbara Landau: Grace Gummer
Chuck Plotkin: Marc Maron
Young Bruce Springsteen: Matthew Pellicano Jr
Viv: Jayne Houdyshell
Joey Romano: Jeff Adler
Steve Van Zandt: Johnny Cannizzaro
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