Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere delivers an honest, deeply human look at Bruce in his darkest period

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TechRadar Verdict

It may not hit every note perfectly, but Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is an honest, heavy, and deeply human look at Bruce Springsteen during arguably one of his darkest periods, one that still showcases the music-making process with just a taste of E Street Band greatness. Ultimately, an antithesis of most biopics, and that's a good thing.

Pros

  • +Intimate, deeply human look at Bruce during a dark period.
  • +Strong performances from Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong
  • +Honest, emotionally authentic storytelling
  • +Excellent audio mixing

Cons

  • -Allen White isn’t Bruce, which may feel off to some
  • -Slow pacing at times

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For the Bruce Springsteen faithful – and probably those who feel that way about Jeremy Allen White – today, October 24, 2025, has been a long time coming, as Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is finally showing in movie theaters across the globe.

Now, for lack of a better analogy, the Boss has been the soundtrack of my life – well, for most of it – so I headed to a local AMC Theatre with Dolby Cinema in the great state of New Jersey for an opening-night preview screening.

I had a lot of feelings going in, especially since Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere isn’t like most biopics. But I wouldn’t even call it that, because it focuses on a very specific, short time in Springsteen’s career. Instead of portraying the many months spent on getting Born to Run just right or even Born in the U.S.A.’s release or Springteen’s rise to stratospheric stardom, it turns the spotlight onto one of his darker chapters – one that Springsteen became more open about in his memoir Born to Run and in Warren Zanes’s Deliver Me From Nowhere, which is the book that inspired this film.

So, let’s dive into it – and fair warning, I’ll have some mild spoilers ahead, though it’s kind of comical as this is based in reality, and we all know about Nebraska.

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Inside Nebraska

Warning: some spoilers for Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere lie ahead.

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Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is a lot better than I was expecting it to be. It’s a good film that’s more like a deep character study of a specific time in Bruce Springsteen’s life. It jumps from before, during, and a bit after the recording of Nebraska, giving a deep dive into his mental health – both Bruce’s and his family’s – and his upbringing. The latter is done through black-and-white flashbacks, which at times feel a bit out of place but do an excellent job of at least rooting the pain and depression.

It opens showing a glimpse into that upbringing, but soon ties the anxiety and rush of an encounter into the rush and thrill of performing Born to Run to close out The River Tour. This is our first glimpse, and one of the few, of the E Street Band during Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.

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