"Puncture" has the unusual problem of being almost too intriguing; its based-on-true-events story seems to cry out for documentary treatment.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
3 Nov 2011
rotten:
"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?
– Ethan Gilsdorf,
Boston Globe,
24 Oct 2011
rotten:
Evans works so hard to look like a drug addict that it undermines the character's effort not to look like one.
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
21 Oct 2011
fresh:
It's a thoughtful entry in the growing subgenre of whistle-blower dramas.
– Andrea Gronvall,
Chicago Reader,
13 Oct 2011
fresh:
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.