Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere could have been just another copy-and-paste music biopic pumped out of Hollywood – but it has enough heart, truth, and commitment to distinguish itself as one of the better examples.

Jeremy Allen White graduates from TV stardom on The Bear to a truly global audience – including an intimidating sect of superfans – with a commanding lead performance.

And he has convinced me that I, too, now love Bruce Springsteen.

The biopic, which takes place largely between 1981 and ‘82, feels so personal and private to the music icon; it’s the only part of his life he’s agreed to put on the big screen after rejecting movie treatments of his life previously.

And if this is how Springsteen wants and has chosen to be seen, in cinemas from today, then I’m all in.

Whit

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