When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.<\/i><\/p>\n Credit: 20th Century Studios<\/p>\n Of all of the upcoming music biopics<\/a> in the works right now, Deliver Me from Nowhere is undoubtedly one of the most highly anticipated. Jeremy Allen White is portraying \u201cThe Boss\u201d Bruce Springsteen in an exploration of the lead-up to and creation of 1982\u2019s Nebraska, one of the most influential rock albums of all time. Critics have seen early showings ahead of its release on the 2025 movie calendar<\/a>, and they\u2019re saying White is \u201cremarkable,\u201d despite falling victim to clich\u00e9s.<\/p>\n In addition to Jeremy Allen White, the Bruce Springsteen biopic Deliver Me from Nowhere<\/a> stars Jeremy Strong and Paul Walter Hauser in what Mark Kennedy of the AP<\/a> calls a \u201chumbling portrait of an icon.\u201d The movie dives deep into the musician\u2019s turmoil, and White\u2019s portrayal is \u201csoulful.\u201d The critic rates it 3.5 out of 4 stars, musing:<\/p>\n The film rather courageously culminates with a call for Springsteen to get mental health help, which he does. We soon realize that what we\u2019ve been watching for two hours is a man\u2019s gradual breakdown, not what most biopics of superstars would pull the curtain back on. In many ways, this movie is, then, a mirror of \u2018Nebraska\u2019 itself \u2014 unexpected, complicated and very American gothic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Robert Daniels of RogerEbert.com<\/a> also gives it a high 3 stars out of 4, writing that while director Scott Cooper\u2019s film is full of clich\u00e9s at the start, it soon becomes \u201ca soulful and meditative character study\u201d of a superstar who is flawed and damaged, but in a way that is relatable and inspires hope. In Daniels\u2019 words:<\/p>\n While the first third of the film relies on tired images of the magically inspired artist mixed with vibrant, neon-soaked date nights between Bruce and Faye, the mid-section centers Springsteen\u2019s search for authenticity. Suddenly, as Springsteen attempts to replicate his bedroom demos in the studio, White doesn\u2019t feel like a caricature of a gruff-voiced Jersey kid. He\u2019s pained, tortured and fearful, emotions that are translated through his bulging facial features and his stammering delivery. He does less emulation and more acting, listening and reacting, thinking about his character\u2019s emotions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Liz Shannon Miller of Consequence<\/a> gives it a B, admitting to getting distracted over physical dissimilarities between The Boss and Jeremy Allen White. Miller also notes the music biopic clich\u00e9s but says overall, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere is a win. The critic writes:<\/p>\n Deliver Me from Nowhere doesn\u2019t aim to be the definitive tale of Bruce Springsteen\u2019s life, but it does make smart choices in trying to subtly showcase the reasons why his legacy extends beyond some great rock songs. It\u2019s a committed portrait of an artist, with White\u2019s devotion to capturing Bruce\u2019s soul almost overcoming the lack of physical resemblance\u2026 And you do eventually get used to that. For he\u2019s not trying to be the definitive Bruce Springsteen, either \u2014 just a ghost of a man who was lost, and found what he was looking for in his music.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Ross Bonaime of Collider<\/a> gives the movie 6 out of 10, saying it was smart of Scott Cooper to focus on one essential period in Bruce Springsteen\u2019s life, but the result is a movie that\u2019s too rote to do the musician\u2019s life justice. However, Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong\u2019s performances make up for its weaknesses to some degree, Bonaime says, writing:<\/p>\n Throughout Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Springsteen says he\u2019s attempting to \u2018find something real\u2019 in his music, and similarly, as the audience, we\u2019re trying to find something real in Cooper\u2019s film that stands out above the noise of other formulaic musical biopics. Cooper eventually succeeds, but barely, as White and Strong stand out amongst the cookie-cutter storytelling being done here. Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere can\u2019t shake what we know about the biopic, but it does at least create some moments and provide some decent performances that make the audience forget about those clich\u00e9s, at least temporarily.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\n