Here we have yet another unnecessary music biopic. This time, It is Bruce Springsteen who tells us his life story, particularly the production of his sixth album Nebraska and his struggles with depression. Attach current "it" boy Jeremey Allen White to the picture as the lead, and you got yourself some Oscar bait.
The movie is nothing special. Like A Complete Unknown, it did a fine job at showing its interpretation of Springsteen's life. Strangely, this had in my opinion better direction than The Smashing Machine because it actually had some type of an idea of what aspect of Springsteen's life it wants to focus on. White did fine, I've never really seen him do a bad performance. Him and Strong (he'll always be Kendall Roy to me) were probably the best thing about the movie, their chemistry was really sweet.
As for the negatives; what was the point of Faye's character? She is not even a real person and it is to my understanding that Springsteen himself is married. Yes he was not married at the time of Nebraska's production and release, but it would make more since to me to completely scrap the romance storyline all together as it adds nothing to Springsteen's story. With all due respect to the actress, she did not need to be there.
The movie is passable at best. Thanks For Reading.
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