Jeremy Strong<\/a>,<\/strong> as his manager Jon Landau, are two of my favorite actors working right now.<\/p>\nWritten and directed by Scott Cooper<\/strong> (Crazy Heart<\/em>), Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere<\/em> takes us into what happened after his 1980 tour in support of The River. Worn out and looking to slow down, he rents a place in Colts Neck, New Jersey, where it\u2019s quiet, wooded, and peaceful, with birds chirping outside. But his label at CBS Records wants a new album, and they want it fast.<\/p>\nSettling back near where he grew up starts to recharge him, but inspiration doesn\u2019t really strike until one late night when he catches Terrence Malick\u2019s Badlands<\/em> (1973) on TV. That film sparks something. With a few new songs in hand, he calls up his friend Mike (Paul Walter Hauser<\/strong>) to help record them using this new 4-track tape technology. They figure the sound won\u2019t be great but at least they\u2019ll get the songs down.<\/p>\nMeanwhile, he\u2019s occasionally showing up for jam sessions at The Stone Pony, where he meets Faye (Odessa Young<\/strong>). The two connect, or at least connect as much as he can in his current headspace.<\/p>\nWhen he brings the songs to Landau, they\u2019re a million miles away from upbeat hits like \u2018Hungry Heart\u2019. But Landau believes in him and the project, going to bat against skeptical execs who can\u2019t imagine releasing a stripped-down record without publicity, singles, or a tour. Bruce just wants the album to speak for itself.<\/p>\n
Recording the tracks in the studio proves tricky, trying to recreate the lo-fi, intimate sound of those first home demos is seemingly impossible.<\/p>\n
The film itself mirrors that process: quiet, raw, introspective. Like Nebraska, the album it depicts, Deliver Me From Nowhere<\/em> feels like a moody reflection on a man at a crossroads. Springsteen had been going at it for so long that once he finally stopped, the silence brought nothing but thoughts\u2026 and not the good kind.<\/p>\nHis father (Stephen Graham<\/strong>) looms large over those thoughts. He\u2019s drunk, violent, and terrifying. Shot in black-and-white flashbacks, we feel the tension and dread young Bruce (Matthew Anthony Pellicano Jr.<\/strong>) lives through. There\u2019s one scene where he finally stands up to his father, grabbing a baseball bat to protect his mother (Gabby Hoffman<\/strong>). Everything stops and Graham\u2019s stare says everything.<\/p>\nWhen White is on stage performing, he channels Bruce\u2019s animalistic joy, that pure, electric energy you\u2019ve seen before when you\u2019ve watched him But offstage, at least in this part of his life, we can see how almost pained real life is for him. Talk about a tortured poets\u2019 society. White does a great job channeling Springsteen and after the first few minutes you kind of feel that you\u2019re watching the real guy, gravelly voice and all. He\u2019s even got that walk down as he throws his clenched fit inside his leather jacket, hunkering down to walk the boardwalk of the Jersey Shore or streets New York City.<\/p>\n
And Jeremy Strong\u2026 what can\u2019t he do? Every role he\u2019s in he\u2019s just bonkers terrific. His Landau is part manager, part father figure, part prophet and more importantly, he\u2019s the dad Springsteen never had. His love for him is unconditional, but he never sugarcoats a thing.<\/p>\n
Odessa Young\u2019s Faye is a standout too. She\u2019s a single mom living with her parents, and she brings so much warmth and authenticity to the role. She\u2019s apparently a composite of a few real-life women from Springsteen\u2019s past, but you believe every bit of her performance. By the end, you\u2019ll want to yell at the screen: \u201cWhy are you letting this one go?\u201d<\/p>\n
The film hints at Springsteen\u2019s depression, though that aspect doesn\u2019t fully land until late in the story. In hindsight, you can see it, but I wish Cooper had let us feel that darkness earlier. We understand his demons, especially with his father, his isolation, but the emotional weight takes a while to settle in.<\/p>\n
Still, Cooper doesn\u2019t force anything, either in the story or his direction. He gives his actors room to breathe and scenes time to unfold. That restraint matches the tone of Nebraska, where some might find it slow, but others will find it deeply moving.\u00a0For me, it\u2019s a film about creativity and self-doubt, and in that aspect, he nails it.<\/p>\n
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