Boobirt
Stylish but barely mediocre overall
Kodie Bird
True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.
Ava-Grace Willis
Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
Staci Frederick
Blistering performances.
lorcan-61881
Seth MacFarlane became very famous after his success on the animated show Family Guy and to keep fans occupied, decided to make his own comedy and eventually it was put into production and then we got " Ted ". Ted follows the story of John Bennett who grew up as a child with his one and only friend; a talking teddy bear by the name of Ted, eventually, when John begins to grow up, their friendship then begins to grow more and more distant by making adult choices. Ted is a film I think is brilliant, the film is literally an brilliant comedy for millions of reasons, the film is not just a crouched up comedy, it has loads of heartbreaking drama to it aswell which also makes you feel your watching a drama aswell and laughs, oh, Jesus! The laughs! Ted is hilarious, no other words, the film supplies you with so many jokes that work on so many levels, there is literally not a joke in this film that did not work, it was all so funny, the acting in the film was also something to praise, the acting from Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis is brilliant and Seth MacFarline is also brilliant as the talking Ted. Ted is honestly just a brilliant comedy you should really see if you love Family Guy!
urbooterstyler
This movie has surprised me with a good number of refreshing and unexpected moments. Without over-analyzing the story scenario itself (a conscious, living and intelligent teddy bear co-existing in today's society), I am claiming that Seth MacFarlane has created a believable setting, as believable, as can be.Mila Kunis and Mark Wahlberg are doing a very good job, with the later doing an excellent performance explicitely, considering the special bond to his living teddy bear. It's one example of Mark Wahlberg's diverse performance capabilities, considering the long way he's come from "three nippled Calvin Klein underwear rapper" to someone who can make me relate to his history to Ted. If someone would have told me before that I would enjoy and buy an emotional relationship and laugh my butt off during an intense fighting scene between those two I would have been convinced easily. This is also credited to MacFarlane's prior experience with writing and Family Guy that can make any ridiculous idea work. The movie is sometimes brave, sometimes silly, but all in all well crafted and if you're enjoying a good laugh you should definitely try it without friends and family that are too sensitive about nudity and moderate profanities.
EBJ
'TED' - 2012Directed by Seth MacFarlaneStarring Seth MacFarlane, Mark Walhberg and Giovani RibisiPlot Overview: When John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) was a little boy, he made a wish that Ted (Seth MacFarlane), his beloved teddy bear, would come alive. Thirty years later, foul-mouthed Ted is still John's constant companion, much to the chagrin of Lori (Mila Kunis), John's girlfriend. Though Lori's displeasure is exacerbated by the pair's constant consumption of beer and weed, she's not the one who's most disappointed with John; it may take the intervention of John's boyhood toy to help him grow up at last.Should this movie work? Perhaps. It has an alright premise but is dragged down by MacFarlane's frequently criticised brand of humour. I myself do enjoy the earlier seasons of 'Family Guy'{Even though it sucks now}. The balance of what it's quality SHOULD have been is right in the middle. And honestly, I like this movie. It's not an Oscar bait movie. It's not gonna change your life but I think if you sit down and watch it, and can tolerate MacFarlane's humour, you will be pleasantly surprised.What worked for this movie. Well for starters I will compliment the cast. Seth MacFarlane does an excellent job at voicing Ted. You can argue that it's just a carbon copy of his Peter Griffin character and there is 100% some merit to that statement. But honestly, I'd argue that there are some noticeable differences between the two. The CGI for Ted was also pretty well done and reasonably convincing.Mark Walhberg was also great in the movie. He doesn't deserve Oscars or critical acclaim but he provided a good enough performance. The supporting cast, which includes Mila Kunis, Giovani Ribisi and Jessica Barth, was also pretty great.Perhaps the film's greatest merit is it's awesome premise. The simple concept of a toy coming alive to be your friend is simply incredible. The story surrounding this premise was pretty weak but it wasn't awful. I wish it had gone through a redraft just to refine it a bit and to fix the awful ending, but it isn't atrocious.Humour is a subjective thing. A film can neither be funny nor unfunny, objectively. So if I tell you this movie is hilarious(which I personally think), you may not think so. All I will say is that I personally found it hilarious. If you do not, then that is your opinion. I cannot recommend this movie for the comedy but that is purely a subjective thing.My flaws with this film? As stated before, the main two are the general plot and the ending. It is way too sappy and way too ridiculous. Comedy is also a factor but I cannot recommend it based on that. If you enjoy some of MacFarlane's other work, then I recommend this movie. The premise and acting are both solid so if you like MacFarlane's humour, you've got a trifecta of reasons to see this movie. If you cannot stand MacFarlane, don't touch this with a 10ft pole. I'll rate this film 7 'Tubby McFat***ks' out of 10.
Ersbel Oraph
Boring. Dull. Uninspired. The jokes are old. The movie is slow. That should be it, but the IMDb staff asks for ten lines. And there is not much else to say. For a movie made in some small third world country that would count as good acting. For an A list cast that is bad acting. But Seth never went any better anyway.The story is silly and pointless. The dialogue is tedious. And well spaced to give the pain for the slow slow story.The jokes? Canned laughs would work miracles to give the viewer some hints.Contact me with Questions, Comments or Suggestions ryitfork @ bitmail.ch