United States: the first reviews of the film for Bruce Springsteen

“Springsteen: Deliver me from Nowhere”The Biographical Movie on Bruce Springsteen directed by the director Scott Cooper which will be interpreted by the actor Jeremy Allen Whitewill reach the cinemas on October 24th. Yesterday, however, the film was previewed at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado, and the first reviews came out in the United States.

Most reviews, as written by Ultimate Classic Rock, are mostly positive, especially thanks to the good proof of the protagonist. The film is based on the 2023 book ‘Deliver me from Nowhere’written by Warren Zanes. Unlike other biographical films, this focuses on a specific period of the life of Bruce Springsteenthe one in which he wrote and recorded his 1982 album, “Nebraska” (Read the review here).

These to follow some comments from the criticism of the film. “If some fans expect the equivalent of a Greatest Hits, think about it,” he wrote Pete Hammond Of Deadline. “‘Springsteen: Deliver me from Nowhere’ is a serious thing, an intelligent and rhythmic journey in the soul of an artist”. The final result, Deadline underlines, was achieved largely thanks to Jeremy Allen White, who studied for months with a singing and guitar teacher despite not having any previous musical experience: “It is absolutely convincing in every aspect, but this is not a mere imitation in the Saturday Night Live style. White captures the essence of the man without copying it, but the transformation is not very stunning, Sissy Spacek managed to make playing Loretta Lynn in ‘The girl from Nashville’ (1980 film by director Michael Apted for which Sissy Spacek won the Oscar as the best leading actress, editor’s note) “.

However, focusing on this single moment of Springsteen’s career has its disadvantages and could be considered a fans ‘feature film has started’. As he wrote Peter Debruge on Varietythe film “does not make enough to contextualize the turning point that led to the creation of” Nebraska “: a songwriter, only in his bedroom with a four -track recorder. For the standards of 2025, this may not seem so impressive, many artists today record albums at home, but in the early 1980s it was not the norm. It is difficult to imagine that the under 30 recognize the importance of a star of the caliber of the caliber of the caliber of the caliber of the caliber of the caliber of Springsteen who records an album in his bedroom, not the first, but the sixth, which makes it even more radical, effectively opening the way to the do-it-yourself indie-rock sound that has followed.

Music, of course, is important and speaks for itself, even if “Nebraska” It is an acoustic album. “The beautiful production is remarkable especially in terms of sound,” wrote David Rooney on The Hollywood Reporter. “A scene at the Power Station in which the E Street Band tries for the first time with” Born in the USA “is thrilling, even if music in general is less in evidence than you might expect. At times, the bio-drama seems emotionally not very powerful, but there is a melancholy beauty in the fact that Springsteen has heard the need to put songs like” Born in the US “,” Glory Days “. “I’m on fire” until he got rid of “Nebraska” “.