Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (Scott Cooper, October 24, 2025) Movie • Page 6

I thought JAW nailed Bruce every time they cut to him sitting sideways with his arm up on the back of a booth in a diner.

 

I think I’m going to just allow myself to skip this movie.

 

ill see it from my couch when that's an option

 

the comments in the OG Bruce thread about the female characters made me remember that right at the end, as he's walking off stage to see his mom you can see down the hallway blurred out a woman with like, noticeably red hair and i wondered if that was coincidence or if that was meant to reference Patti.

completely inconsequential to the film, but there were a few moments in this that felt like little nods to people who know bruce's story already.

 

I’d consider myself an absolute diehard, and thought this was fine. I don’t think there’s really a delineation point based on how well you know Bruce’s work, it really comes down to how the material is presented.

All of the flashback stuff was tough to get through. Honestly think there’s a pretty cool 90-minute movie in there somewhere, but Cooper could not resist I guess the more “Walk Hard” tendencies.

 

Its hard to tell any story about bruce and not touch on the relationship with his father but, yes, the flashback stuff was very easily the worst stuff in this. Honestly even the very final scene with his dad felt weird.

also lol, such a silly nitpick, but during that scene when he was like "ive never sat on your lap before" made me think of the lyrics to my hometown

 

I agree, he definitely needed to figure into the story somehow, but I think there were more creative options than flashbacks that felt a little too on the nose.

 

I hate to be this person but idk why this exists. I didn’t have a bad time watching it but felt pretty lifeless

 

I know probably shockingly little about Bruce. Didn’t know he had daddy issues like that

 

Yeah he’s got a few songs about it (Independence Day, Adam raised a Cain, my fathers house) but also stories he tells like the intro of the river on the 75-85 album

 

Now here's biopic that needed to but now will never exist

 

I liked this more than I expected to based on the general critical and audience response, but less than I would have hoped to enjoy a Springsteen movie. Mostly, I remain a little baffled that this is the Springsteen biopic that got the greenlight. Heavy on inside baseball, light on crowdpleasing moments. Overall, weird movie, but I definitely didn't have a bad time like I've had with certain music biopics in the past (cough, Bohemian Rhapsody).