"Few three-word phrases have gone from meme to meaningless faster than "men need therapy." But in Scott Cooper's deeply heartfelt take on Bruce Springsteen's early dances with his demons, Deliver Me From Nowhere, the sentiment actually stands-mostly because it's the working-class rock god's honest truth. Deliver Me From Nowhere has been hyped since the first trailer. Hollywood's favorite sad boy (aka Jeremy Allen White) as music's favorite counter to toxic masculinity? Instant Oscar bait."
"For Springsteen, becoming The Boss™ was simple: his electric stage presence and proclivity for empathetic storytelling made him a phenomenon. But actually liking the person on the other side of the acclaim wasn't as easy-his lifelong struggle with self-hatred has been the subject of innumerable songs, biographies, and his own 2016 memoir, Born to Run. His father's family was plagued by mental illnesses-from agoraphobia to hair-pulling disorders to alcoholism-that went largely undiagnosed or undiscussed, and were all exacerbated by poverty."
Deliver Me From Nowhere portrays Bruce Springsteen navigating sudden fame and longstanding personal demons following the success of The River. Jeremy Allen White embodies a tortured, empathetic Springsteen who challenges toxic masculinity tropes while fitting the Hollywood 'sad boy' biopic mold. Springsteen's public persona as The Boss grew from electric performance and storytelling, but private likability suffered from self-hatred rooted in multigenerational mental illness and poverty. Family conditions included agoraphobia, hair-pulling disorders, and alcoholism, often undiagnosed or undiscussed, and a strained relationship with a father who never said "I love you" before his 1998 death. The film draws on Warren Zanes's biography and echoes Springsteen's Born to Run memoir.
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