Clichéd Springsteen biopic teeters between 'soulful,' 'mopey'

Bruce Springsteen may rule the stage but the Boss biopic, “Deliver Me From Nowhere,” doesn’t rock the theater in quite the same way.

Scott Cooper’s new film stars “The Bear” Emmy winner Jeremy Allen White as the proud son of Jersey during the humble making of 1982’s “Nebraska,” rather than the sensation that was 1984’s “Born in the USA.”

Jeremy Strong, of “Succession” acclaim, co-stars as Springsteen’s manager and advocate Jon Landau .

As of Thursday afternoon, “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” held a 66% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a generally favorable rating of 62 on Metacritic.

The San Francisco Chronicle dubbed the film “an endless mope,” unsuccessful at “illuminating the artist behind the songs” — despite White doing a “credible job of resembling the