Deliver Me From Nowhere Fails to Deliver With Lukewarm Reviews and a Tepid Rotten Tomatoes Score

Bruce Springsteen just got the biopic treatment, and critics are not exactly singing in unison. 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere' hit theaters and landed in that awkward middle ground: plenty of respect for the performance, a lot of grumbling about everything around it.

So, how's it landing?

As of October 24, 2025, the film sits at 62% on Rotten Tomatoes from 114 critic reviews. That makes it officially 'Fresh,' but not 'Certified Fresh'—translation: a decent showing, but not the slam-dunk some were hoping for.

What the movie is actually about

This is the Nebraska chapter. The film focuses on Springsteen holed up at home in New Jersey, cutting his stark 1982 album on a four-track recorder. Jeremy Allen White plays Springsteen, and Jeremy Strong is Jon Landau, the producer/manager sounding board helping shepherd Bruce through the fog. The angle here is artistry and isolation—how an artist strips it all down and still finds a voice.

The reactions in one place

• Plenty of love for Jeremy Allen White. The Hollywood Reporter praised the film’s sober approach to showing Springsteen as a vulnerable person, while Variety said White slides right into the denim-and-cutoffs vibe without forcing it.
• The New York Times called the movie a solid, likable, affecting drama, and the Irish Times went even harder for White, saying he nails the voice, mannerisms, and the performance side of it.
• Then there’s the other camp: the Financial Times waved it off as dour and self-important, and Screen International argued the movie keeps polishing the legend a bit too much.
• The Boston Globe took aim at the script mechanics...

"the cliches get ticked off like clockwork"

...and the Sydney Morning Herald said the movie never quite nails what the core of the story is. The Times suggested it may only be essential if you’re the kind of Springsteen fan who owns multiple live bootlegs, while the Observer thought the film rarely looks beyond the slick surface it creates.

Bottom line

If you’re in it for the performance, White seems to deliver. If you’re hoping for a definitive, pull-back-the-curtain Springsteen chronicle, critics say this one doesn’t quite get there. Hence that 62%: respectable, but clearly a split decision.