G-Force (2009)

It's a goofy family-oriented spy thriller with talking rodents as secret agents, but G-Force had me laughing harder than I can remember in quite a while. G-Force is Cats and Dogs with genetically modified guinea pigs: Sam Rockwell is team leader Darwin ("Yippee-ki-yay, coffeemaker!"), Tracy Morgan is loudmouth Blaster ("Get your face out of my butt!"), Jon Favreau is everyschlub Hurley, and a mellifluous Penelope Cruz is exotic Juarez, with Nicholas Cage as Speckles the tech-savvy mole and Steve Buscemi as Bucky, a wacky half-ferret hamster who wants a pet-store cage all to himself. Zach Galifianakis is the scruffy yet geeky project head and Kelli Garner is his wide-eyed blonde lab assistant. In a word, the guinea pigs have all the grappling hooks, rappeling line, gyroscopic jet cars and so on that any supercool secret agents could need. The storyline involves Bill Nighy as Leonard Saber, a billionaire tycoon who plans to take over the world through high-tech-networked appliances. The story arc, dialog, and critters' antics were just zany enough to keep me belly-laughing throughout. I love Cats and Dogs and I love G-Force! (9-1-09 posted 9-12-09)