Sunday, September 15, 2013

John makes a Christmas miracle happen by bringing his one and only friend to life his teddy bear. The two grow up together and John must then choose to stay with his girlfriend or keep his friendship with his crude and extremely inappropriate teddy bear Ted.

Review

I really should start this with a warning This film is not for everyone! If you are easily offended (by swearing sexual references casual racism and various stereotypes) then you should read no further and give this one a miss. However if you are a fan of Seth MacFarlane's other projects (Family Guy American Dad) and maybe you call yourself an ⊀'s child" (so many pop culture references to this time) you are going to love this.

Sure some parts are a little disjointed the story seems vaguely familiar and the "moral" of it kind of gets lost but quite frankly it's just so darn funny none of that matters. The script is hilarious the cameos are fantastic and the soundtrack is perfect.

Ted himself is well animated and Seth (apart from sounding a little like Peter Griffin) voices him with the usual competence. Mark Wahlberg delivers exactly what we have come to expect from him and the rest of the cast seem to have had fun filming which comes across in the various performances no matter how big or small. The acceptance and interaction of everyone with a living teddybear adds to the simple joy of this film and you find yourself happy to watch and not question why nobody is fazed by this. TED is a laugh a minute party of a film and I for one can't wait to see it again.