Puncture

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Puncture

R,

2011,

1h 40m,

Biography/

Mystery & Thriller/

Crime/

Drama/

History

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52%

42 Reviews

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54%

2,500+ Ratings

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52%

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42 Reviews

54%

Popcornmeter

2,500+ Ratings

A lawyer who is a drug addict fights a medical-supplies corporation in court while battling his personal demons.

Critics Consensus

There's a compelling story at the heart of Puncture but viewers will have to pierce through the formulaic storytelling to find it.

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Moira MacDonald

Seattle Times

Nov 3, 2011

3/4

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

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Ethan Gilsdorf

Boston Globe

Oct 24, 2011

2/4

"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?

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Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post

Oct 21, 2011

1.5/4

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

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Will Leitch

Deadspin

Jun 22, 2013

D+

Based on the true story of Michael D. Weiss, which is convenient, since Weiss was considerate enough to live his life in a way that he surrounded himself with every possible cliche and hackneyed, obvious development imaginable.

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Billy Tatum

We Got This Covered

Feb 11, 2013

8/10

With summer movies safely tucked away, it's the time of year where Oscar films pop up, and this week's Puncture may be a contender.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Jan 21, 2013

2/4

...a sporadically watchable yet wholly uninvolving endeavor that probably does a disservice to the movie's real-life inspiration.

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Harry W

Mar 19, 2019

Brilliant!!! The story of two very unlikely underdogs that choose to do the right thing and go against a real life impossible. Inspiring and motivating

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Mar 27, 2018

Chris Evans is spectacular in this in the middle of a very compelling story. A story that more people should know about.

Theodore S

Jan 28, 2017

There's a decent story and a strong central performance, but everything else is very average.

Hagrid S

Oct 15, 2015

From a nurses point of view, this film is fascinating. Knowing a safer product is available, but politics keep it from being used is infuriating. Even more infuriating is how nothing has really changed. Mike Weiss is both heartbreaking and maddening...of course, who knows how much of his character is exaggerated. Chris Evans does a great job.

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George G

Sep 27, 2011

Between a 5/10 and 6/10, Evans is good here, revealing an intensity of thought he's rarely displayed before, but it just isn't enough to pull Puncture out of neutral.

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Adam Kassen

Director

Mark Kassen

Director

Chris Evans

Mike Weiss

Michael Biehn

Red

Vinessa Shaw

Vicky

Brett Cullen

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Synopsis

A lawyer who is a drug addict fights a medical-supplies corporation in court while battling his personal demons.

Director: Adam Kassen, Mark Kassen
Screenwriter: Chris Lopata, Ela Thier
Distributor: Millennium Films
Production Co: Cherry Sky Films, Like-Minded Productions (LMP)
Rating: R (Drug Use|A Sexual Reference|Language|Some Nudity)
Genre: Biography, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, History
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 23, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $67.1K
Runtime: 1h 40m

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