"Puncture" has the unusual problem of being almost too intriguing; its based-on-true-events story seems to cry out for documentary treatment.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 3, 2011

"Puncture'' is based on an actual court case. But is this a story best served by focusing on the legal battle or the arc of Mike's flawed hero?

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 24, 2011

Evans works so hard to look like a drug addict that it undermines the character's effort not to look like one.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Oct 21, 2011

It's a thoughtful entry in the growing subgenre of whistle-blower dramas.

| Oct 13, 2011

Even with a very-good lead performance, isn't memorable enough to recommend.

| Original Score: 2.5/5.0 | Oct 7, 2011

Evans's soulful performance keeps Puncture from overdosing on righteous indignation.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 6, 2011

Does a commendable job of merging its David vs. Goliath elements with Weiss' personal problems, doing justice to the fact that "Puncture" is based on true people and an actual case.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 6, 2011

Electrifying in the role, Evans reminds me of other great out-of-control druggies played by Al Pacino and Nicolas Cage.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 6, 2011

This true-life film is a likable oddity: a rambling, low-budget Erin Brockovich with a cokehead hero.

| Original Score: B | Sep 23, 2011

Evans is an electrifying presence, working overtime to save the day.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 23, 2011

"Puncture" presents a compelling story, but it's also difficult to sympathize with Evans' doomed main character, no matter how vividly he's acted.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Sep 23, 2011

[It] possesses all the right ingredients: an idealistic young lawyer, a corrupt corporate villain and a sympathetic victim. It just fails to assemble them into a compelling whole.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 22, 2011

The picture benefits from its performances, notably Evans' roguish appeal as a guy simultaneously driven and destructive.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 22, 2011

There's something perverse about the ultra-conventional way directors/brothers Adam and Mark Kassen handle their unconventional material in the based-on-a-true-story drama Puncture.

| Original Score: C+ | Sep 22, 2011

You can't escape the impression that the actual events the movie dramatises are far more compelling than what's on the screen.

Full Review | Sep 21, 2011

Like any good cautionary tale, Puncture tells a suspenseful story responsibly, creating food for thought and leaving the audience both enlightened and entertained.

| Sep 21, 2011

It's Weiss's sheer gonzo energy and his determination to keep it together (barely) in the name of justice that initially fuel this underdog tale...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 21, 2011

Puncture is proudly "Based on a True Story." As is so often the case, this means an indifference to "true" human relationships in favor of crusading self-righteousness.

| Sep 20, 2011

The film is chock-a-block with extraordinary performances and no one will fault the filmmaking either. This is a well-made movie, make no mistake. It just suffers from a dysfunctional hero.

| Sep 8, 2011

Working from a fact-based script, tyro helmers Adam and Mark Kassen fashion an impassioned expose on the health-care industry full of strange-but-true incongruities in Puncture.

| May 25, 2011