{"id":32307,"date":"2025-10-23T20:51:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T03:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=32307"},"modified":"2025-10-23T20:51:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T03:51:56","slug":"springsteen-deliver-me-from-nowhere-catches-some-but-not-all-of-springsteens-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=32307","title":{"rendered":"SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE Catches Some, But Not All of Springsteen\u2019s Power"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Running Time: 119 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This feature from 20th<\/sup> Century Studios opens\nexclusively in theaters on October 24th<\/sup>, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For six decades now, Bruce Springsteen has been recording\nand performing music for millions of fans. My sister saw him play for nearly\nfour hours at a stadium in the 1980s, and I went to see him for the first time\nduring his most recent tour. Seeing the artist play live is special. There is\nan incredible vitality to his performances, and the effect he has on the\naudience is remarkable. The house lights were up for most of the show, and you\ncould see him moving around and making eye contact with not only those up\nfront, but everyone in his sightline (even up in my section). I\u2019ve never seen\nan artist play an arena and manage to make you feel like he was singing\ndirectly to you, but \u2018The Boss\u2019 manages to do it, night after night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere<\/em> chronicles a\nbrief, difficult period in the life of Bruce Springsteen (Jeremy Allen White).\nAfter finishing his tour for the hit double-album, The River<\/em>, all would\nseem to be well. Yet it\u2019s clear that something is eating away at the musician,\nsomething he\u2019s having trouble identifying to manager Jon Landau (Jeremy\nStrong). Now famous, Springsteen feels a disconnect with his old life. His\nfather (Stephen Graham) is also suffering from mental decline, and record\nexecutives are demanding new material immediately. The artist finds some\nrespite dating single mom and waitress Faye Romano (Odessa Young), but is\nunwilling to talk about what he is going through. After watching the film Badlands<\/em>\n(loosely based on spree killer Charles Starkweather), Springsteen is inspired\nto make new music. However, he pens dark songs and records them to cassette in\nhis bedroom. The tunes are powerful, but worry his inner circle and irk record\nexecutives who want commercial hits.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While I wouldn\u2019t have initially thought that White would\nmake an ideal Springsteen, the actor acquits himself very well in the title\nrole. Despite his grandiose on-stage persona, the musician is inwardly drawn\n(at least, in this story), and the actor catches his mannerisms and speaking\nvoice convincingly. A surprising amount of the story is devoted to the lonely\ncharacter staring into space, before putting thoughts and music to paper.\nThankfully, the actor sells it and this reviewer had no trouble believing he\nwas watching Springsteen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As the artist\u2019s temperament becomes moodier and he begins\nrecording songs for the Nebraska <\/em>album, there are several interesting\nmoments. It is enlightening to see where the inspiration for the album came\nfrom and his personal process, as well as the trouble he has presenting the\nmaterial to his manager and recording engineers. The raw sound of the demos\ncan\u2019t be replicated (and aren\u2019t at a quality high enough to press on vinyl).\nThis leads to conflict in the studio when the rerecorded, grander versions of\nthe acoustic numbers leave Springsteen frustrated. And his other demos which\nwould become a large part of the Born in the U.S.A.<\/em> album get a lot of\nattention, upsetting him more. When Springsteen\u2019s battling those around him to\nrelease his version of the album with a specific sound, the conflict is\nengrossing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But not everything about the movie works. While it\u2019s\ninitially interesting to see the personal troubles that influenced his songs,\nat times the film feels like a repetitive series of montages of Springsteen\u2019s\nchildhood memories with accompanying lyrics. It slows down the pacing. Some\nnotable events also feel like they\u2019ve been left out. There are no conversations\nbetween the musician and members of the E Street Band, who no doubt witnessed\nhis eccentric behavior during recording sessions. We see so little of them that\none is left with the impression that the band were having a great time (which\nlikely wasn\u2019t the case). And speaking of the music, concert scenes in the film\ndon\u2019t match the real thing. Yes, it\u2019s impossible to replicate that passion, but\nfaster editing and interaction with the crowd would have added energy and\nauthenticity. And the climax, in which Springsteen finally addresses family\nissues and feelings of depression, are well-performed but don\u2019t resonate as\nstrongly as hoped for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere<\/em> is a good\npicture. It\u2019s well-acted and presents insights into the artist\u2019s mental state\nduring the writing and recording of a classic album. But the picture lags in\nspots, nor is the presentation of the story as dynamic as expected. This effort\nwill still impress fans, but for the rest, the best way to experience\nSpringsteen remains live and on stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Running Time: 119 minutes This feature from 20th Century Studios opens exclusively in theaters on October 24th, 2025. For six decades now, Bruce Springsteen has been recording and performing music for millions of fans. My sister saw him play for nearly four hours at a stadium in the 1980s, and I went to see him […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":32308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[216,221,933,2789,3333,3614,5651,6251,10599,10613,14429,14634,15284,18903,18904,22085],"class_list":["post-32307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-216","tag-20th-century-studios","tag-album","tag-biopic","tag-born-in-the-u-s-a","tag-bruce-springsteen","tag-deliver-me-from-nowhere","tag-drama","tag-jeremy-allen-white","tag-jeremy-strong","tag-musical","tag-nebraska","tag-odessa-young","tag-springsteen","tag-springsteen-deliver-me-from-nowhere","tag-the-river"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32307\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}