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G-Force (Single Disc Widescreen)

5 star:		(35)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(11)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(9)

 

 

Ben (Zach Galifianakis) has spent his life working with rodents. And it's paid off. This FBI scientist has figure out a way to communicate with them and train them to go on covert missions. But his funding is about to be taken away. As a last second hail Mary, he sends out his crack team, consisting of a fly, three guinea pigs, and a mole, to infiltrate a house and get a file off a computer.

The mission is a big success, or so it appears. The next day, at the review, things go horribly wrong and the project is shut down. The rodents manage to escape to a pet store, but the FBI wants them to keep the entire project completely secret. Can the rodents escape and foil the plot they've uncovered? Or will the FBI track them down first?

I talked into seeing this movie by my roommate. The previews just never convinced me it would be great. And I was right.

Now don't get me wrong. There were some genuine laughs in the film. The mice we meet in the pet store stole the show, for example. I couldn't stop laughing at them. The effects were very well done, too. But the majority of the movie wasn't that great.

The plot was full of cliches from start to finish. That's not necessarily a deal killer for me, but the rest of the movie has to be good enough to make up for it, and it wasn't.

One of the big problems was that the movie just didn't feel like it was going anywhere. There were lots of jokes and pop cultural references, and I felt like they were designed to hide the fact that the plot was weak from us. Even the characters were flat and dull. And I really feel sorry for the humans in the movie who were little more than cardboard characters. Even the dialogue the characters had was so trite it was cringe worthy.

If you can see this movie for free, you'll find a few good laughs. But it isn't worth paying any money for.

This was a poor attempt to sell a movie to kids with the technique of animal animation. The rodents were one-dimentional, unemotional, and failed to establish their own identity. Animals sell, and that is what the producer is counting on.

The plot was weak and lack any credibility. This was just another "animals being chased by the bad guys out to destroy the world" movie. Haven't there been enough of them made so far? Why another one? The plot lacked a single ounce of creativity.

The graphics were terrible, and void of modern technological advances. The movie relied on hyped up music and singing animals to provide any semblance of entertainment value. Weak!

Finally the humor was terrible. The "jokes" were the type your 80 year old dad told 60 years ago. A little originality would have been nice.

I hate to give a poor review to a kid's movie, but this one was bad. Even the kids I watched the movie with were bored.

Save your money, avoid this movie.

I'm an adult and I loved this movie ! It's pure entertainment. I've seen it 3 times now.

Some of the reviewers here on Amazon have given this movie low ratings. I'm baffled about this because this movie is very entertaining. The plot is clever and unexpected. The ending is a surprise.

I recommend this movie to anybody that wants to watch something that is truly entertaining.

I would strongly recommend that you rent this film and view it BEFORE you decide to buy it. Most viewers, young or old, are unlikely to want to watch it twice.

The animation of this little film is first-rate. What it lacks is a good script with characters who have some traits we can care about one way or the other. In only two brief passages, both near the ending, did this movie come to life.

OVER THE HEDGE, KUNG FU PANDA, ICE AGE, MADAGASCAR, its sequel, MADAGASCAR--ESCAPE 2 AFRICA, and especially HAPPY FEET are examples of films with talking animals that do hold the interest of people of all ages and DO make us care what is happening.

Well, on the positive side this movie was clean without too much crude humor. Of course it had the gas passing humor that you find in most films of this genre. Negatively speaking this has to be one of the most boring and stupid movies that I have ever seen. It just was lacking something. I never really cared if the rodents suceeded in their mission or not.

The animation (especially the hamster's fur) is well done, but the story is flat and cliche. If they ever make a sequel they need to improve the story.

This movie was, well, ok. It was about 3 guinea pigs who work as spys kind of. there's this project to "change the world" or something with these appliances and they're trying to stop it. meanwhile they meet a new guinea pig who joins the group and one of the other agents gets taken away from them and then tries to destoy thr humans. but then everything works out and no one is hurt. so, i would reccomend other movies, but it was ok.

Bought this for my grandson. He loves it, plays it 2-3 times a day when he stays with us. Not exactly my first choice of movies, but then I'm not a kid.

Watching the opening scenes of G-Force (2009), one is impressed by the combination of CGI characters and live action. It certainly appears that the movie will be about something really cool, as a band of rodents equipped like a seal team, infiltrate the mansion of an industrialist suspected of engaging in nefarious activity. Unfortunately after such a promising start, producer Jerry Bruckheimer's project with Disney slides downhill and into the tank, ending up heavily borrowing from the Transformers, in a terrible story that involves machines turning against mankind.

It's too bad because the guinea pigs are pretty cute and fun characters, and the animation is outstanding. For the voice talent, Sam Rockwell and Nicolas Cage are very good, while Jon Favreau (Iron Man films) lays it on pretty thick. Steve Buscemi is kind of funny, mainly overacting as a caricature of himself. The human talent is not bad either with Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover), Kelli Garner, and Bill Nighy (Harry Potter And The Deathly Hollows: Part 1) hamming it up.

There are some funny bits, but there is a real problem is with the central storyline, which involves a computer virus causing appliances to go haywire, animate, and attack. To foil this scheme the G-Force engage in some ridiculous over the top battles, taking on a killer coffee maker, and various other appliances that transform into hybrid machines of destruction. It's technically impressive and flashy, but tends to make things way too complicated than they need to be. The twist involving a traitor, is another element that really isn't necessary. The connection between the G-Force and their human associates isn't as well established as it could have been either. In short, the focus of the film appears to be misguided to some degree.

G-Force is perhaps worth seeing for its technical achievements. The story may be pleasing to young children, but after a great start, it loses its way in attempting to be too spectacular, and fails to be as good as it could have been.

I saw this on DVD with my husband and two teenagers, and we were laughing ourselves silly. What great idea for a comedy, guinea pigs who are James Bond type secret agents! There is a girl guinea pig and several guys, and a fly and a mole, and they are all great. They are trained by a scientist as agents and they really save the day. They have to escape from a pet shop and stop the big villain is who is trying to destroy the world. When I found out who the villain was, it was just so funny, and when I realized who Nicholas Cage was doing the voice for, my admiration for him grew. He is so talented!

If you want to have a really good time with the whole family and laugh and laugh, this is the movie for you.