Overview
- Released in theaters on Oct. 24, the Scott Cooper film adapts Warren Zanes’s book to chronicle a brief, pivotal stretch in Bruce Springsteen’s life around the Nebraska sessions.
- Early reviews are mixed-to-positive, praising White’s performance and singing while critiquing the film’s subdued pacing and curated, authorized feel.
- Springsteen authorized the project, spent time on set, and has publicly endorsed the intimate, character-driven approach described by Cooper.
- Coverage notes routine factual compressions and highlights that Faye (played by Odessa Young) is a fictional composite rather than a single real person.
- White confirmed he sings in the film, described the vocal work as physically taxing, and a soundtrack of his Springsteen covers is slated for Dec. 5.