(3 out of 5 stars)

I am clearly not the target audience for G-Force.  I’m male, almost 30, and I have no kids.  Thankfully, I do have a wife or I would have gotten a bunch of sideways glances from weary parents.

What I also am, though, is a huge fan of Tracey Morgan.  He is hilarious in 30 Rock as Tracey Jordan, and he is equally funny (though kid friendly) in G-Force.  The potty humor is gone, but Tracey’s delivery… even as a guinea pig… second to none.

I won’t reveal the rest of the animal actors because half the fun is guessing who they are.  I will say this, Bill Nighy: underused.  He was sensational in Love Actually as Billy Mack, and hasn’t done much with that good will he earned since.

The plot of G-Force centers on the talking guinea pigs trying to foil Nighy’s evil plans.  It’s funny, because they’re… you know, talking guinea pigs!  Kids will absolutely eat this up.  There’s enough adult humor to keep the adults engaged as well. 

Does it get silly, absolutely.  Does it go on about 15 minutes too long, sure.  Is there a point where you will wish Tracey Morgan would go profanely crazy, most definitely.  But I will say this: not long after seeing this, I finally saw Alvin and the Chipmunks (again, I have a wife so I’m not creepy, just whipped).  G-Force, to its credit, doesn’t try to be a kids movie with action, it tries to be an action movie for kids.  That alone, that refusal to dumb itself down for kids, makes it worth watching.