ajs-10
Maybe it's because I'm male and still connected with the child inside, I don't know, but I just like movies made for children. There's something about a simple plot, uncomplicated characters and a happy ending that just appeals to me for some reason. But I digress; we're here to talk about a bunch of CGI rodents.A crack team of specially trained guinea pigs, Darwin, Juarez and Blaster, along with their tech guy, a mole called Speckles are on a mission. They have to infiltrate the home of electronics magnate Leonard Saber and steal secret files from his computer. The files reveal that there is a real threat to national security and the clock is ticking. When they go to show the information to the FBI, things go wrong and it all culminates in the withdrawal of funding for the program. This leaves the head of the program, Ben, a human, trying to persuade the FBI about the treat as the animals escape. They make it to a pet shop where they meet another guinea pig called Hurley and a hamster with an attitude called Bucky. Can the animals escape capture and make it back to Ben in time to save the day? Well, you guessed it; I'm not going to tell you right now.Quite a well made film with some nice CGI creatures. I find that giving human attributes to animals never really works, but it's something Disney has been persisting with for many years. Honourable mentions to the voice talents of Sam Rockwell as Darwin, Jon Favreau as Hurley, Nicolas Cage as Speckles, Penélope Cruz as Juarez, Steve Buscemi as Bucky and Tracy Morgan as Blaster. And the humans, Bill Nighy as Leonard Slater, Will Arnett as Kip Killian, Zach Galifianakis as Ben and Kelli Garner as Marcie.There were one or two good jokes, but not a great deal to make the adult audience laugh. I thought the best scenes were in the pet shop. It's one of those kind of OK films that you could quite happily have on in the background to keep the kids entertained, but not one I'd go out of my way to see again. Over all, not really recommended, but maybe a bargain bin DVD purchase to entertain the youngsters.My score: 5.3/10
glove27
Few words come to mind while trying to write about this particular piece of cinema. This is quite possibly the effect of actually watching the unfortunate burlesque that was G-Force. I will admit to having seen this movie under duress and out of obligation, which likely will have decreased the potential for enjoyment.A kid's movie isn't always meant to be a meaningful work of cinematic art. However, filling children with this meaningless dribble will lead more towards the stupid and thoughtless society of George Orwell's 1984. This movie had a budget of over 80 million dollars and more than tripled that in gross revenue. What does this say about today's society? It points towards a general decline of intelligence and as well as a decline in the ability to discern between that which is worthwhile and that which is detrimental.My last complaint is the music choice. Someone got paid too much for finding the songs featured. I could have saved them money and just directed them to billboard's hot 100. The music was an obvious and shameful attempt at pulling in the masses of popular media controlled adolescents.I want nothing further to do with this morbid bit of refuse.
miike7311
A fun movie for kids, not much adult appeal here. The comedy is childish, the storyline is simple and the effects are neat. Good kids movie though. I think it lost a lot with the "plot twist" but when the plot is so simple to begin with, a lot isn't much. The voice talents were good and Tracy Morgan has a voice that is both memorable and funny. Not worth spending a lot of money on but entertaining for kids if you've already seen Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs for the 10th time. If it wasn't for effects or the soundtrack I might have fallen asleep. Watching the kids being entertained by the movie was somewhat of a distraction.
Pilsung89
I'll give credit to the makers of this movie that they put some effort into making it. I just don't really find this movie appealing. I am not impressed by the mere fact that CGI can make animals look like they're speaking. That's what the producers were probably banking on most: people would just adore talking hamsters, mice, and guinea pigs.There was some effort put into the production of this movie but in the end that just didn't work out for me. The story is too typical and has no originality to it. There were no real interesting sub-plots or character developments. The jokes were a lot of times either not timed well or just to corny and typical. I already usually knew what was going to happen next in the story, and half-way I predicted correctly how it would end.This movie had good production and some potential. It just really lacked creativity or originality.
AD
