Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025)

The film starts unevenly but comes alive when focusing on the creation of Nebraska, delivering a strong central performance from Jeremy Allen White that captures Springsteen's vulnerability and trauma.

The critic praises the nuanced, intimate portrait of Springsteen as a depressed young man, highlighting Jeremy Allen White's raw, internalized performance and the film's focus on the making of the Nebraska album amid personal struggles. They single out the moving exploration of the father-son relationship and the integrity in portraying the artist as a fragile human being.

The critic appreciates the film's depiction of two sides of Springsteen – the troubled artist and the explosive performer – and Jeremy Allen White's performance, praising the exploration of creativity, depression, and the creative process as worth seeing despite some conventional biopic elements.

The biopic has engaging musical sequences and strong supporting turns but often avoids deep emotional exploration, swerving the gritty realities of its subject.

A largely mediocre biopic that hits expected beats with Jeremy Allen White's solid but unremarkable performance, though it shines in quieter family scenes and reflections on inspiration.

The film offers a thoughtful character study of Springsteen during the creation of Nebraska, emphasizing the creative process and the support of figures like Jon Landau. It excels in exploring artistic isolation but loses focus in later depressive sections and feels only partially successful overall.

The review notes occasional weak dialogue but commends the intimate focus on Springsteen's personal struggles and the creation of Nebraska, especially the believable bond between the star and his manager.

The film is an awkward biopic stranded between rock mythology and pop-psych melodrama that only partly escapes music-movie clichés. It focuses on the making of the Nebraska album but includes invented elements like a romantic subplot that underscore the subject's caring masculinity in a derivative way.

This low-key biopic resists fireworks but showcases Jeremy Allen White burrowing into Bruce Springsteen’s tortured psyche with sombre authority. It centers on the intimate recording of the Nebraska album and features committed vocal performances from the star.

The critic praises the vivid portrayal of blue-collar Americana and Jeremy Allen White's committed performance but finds the film bigger on atmosphere and vibes than narrative drive or jeopardy.

The film focuses on Springsteen's dark, introspective period making the album Nebraska rather than a standard career-spanning biopic. Jeremy Allen White is praised for embodying the role and performing the songs, but the story lacks sufficient context and dramatic tension to fully engage.

The film is an intimate, unvarnished anti-biopic focused on Springsteen’s personal struggles and the creation of the Nebraska album rather than his triumphs. It singles out Jeremy Allen White’s soulful, tortured performance and the film’s honest portrayal of artistic integrity over commercial success.

The critic finds the film formulaic overall with occasional conventional elements but singles out Jeremy Allen White's performance as Springsteen as exceptional, haunted, and the main reason to see it.

The critic finds the film offers only lavish and ingratiating clichés and an artificial presentation despite its authentic source material. They single out Jeremy Allen White’s credible performance for praise but criticize the film's timid approach to depicting Bruce as flawed.

The film focuses on a compelling sliver of Springsteen's life but doesn't drill deeply enough, resulting in vague emotional arcs and skeletal character development compared to the songs. It praises the capable impersonation by Jeremy Allen White but notes the relationship and family scenes feel like filler.