Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere Is An Award Worthy Entry With An Outstanding Performance By Jeremy Allen White

I remember back in 1984 how it was virtually impossible to avoid hearing or seeing anything related to Bruce Springsteen. His Born in the U.S.A. album was filling airwaves with hit after hit and his image all over magazines and MTV.

I was never a big fan of his music but appreciated his dedication and skill and found myself singing along on more than one occasion.

In the new movie “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” which is based on the book  Deliver Me From Nowhereby Warren Zanes; Jeremy Allen White plays Bruce as he comes to a pivotal moment in his career.

Fresh off a successful tour, Bruce rents a house and struggles with his inner demons related to a difficult childhood and undiagnosed depression. He shuns the glitz and glamor that fame brings and reluctantly indulges in a purchase of a sports car as his only real extravagance.

With the record company eager for his next album and his supportive manager Jon (Jeremy Strong) encouraging him not to rush and let things come; Bruce becomes fixated with a radical departure; an acoustic record that does not contain singles and instead is a narrative of the plight of the working man.

At the same time; Bruce begins dating a single mother named Faye (Odessa Young), who becomes closer than Bruce would normally like and his inner demons add to the difficulties he faces.

The film focuses on how Bruce wrote and recorded what would become Born in the U.S.A. while continuing to work on what would become the Nebraska record. The recording done on a four track system in his home captures flaws and impurities that Bruce becomes overly frustrated at being unable to reproduce in the studio only adds to the tension.

The record company salivating over the Born in the U.S.A. tracks and reluctance to embrace the other work only adds to the tension as they do not see any commercial viability in his other project and want him to produce material that can be sold.

White does award-worthy work in the movie and his mannerisms and voice are captivating to experience. The story of an artist struggling to find peace with himself and the world is compelling and Writer/Director Scott Cooper has done a wonderful job letting his cast tell the story without resorting to gimmicks.

Anyone who appreciates great acting, a solid story, and a compelling human drama should embrace this film as it is one of the best films of the year and one that should not be forgotten come award season

4 stars out of 5