...I don't get it?

Rating: 2/10 (18 July 2012)

I admit that the premise of Ted is actually quite clever, but the execution of it is horrible. Sure, there are a handful of quite funny jokes in the film, but when you weigh them up against the unfunny ones it's quite hard to forget them.
The large amount of pop-culture references in Ted do not work and are not funny. Sure, there are a lot more in Family Guy, but they work because it is a cartoon, which is not real. Any person who experiences real life can look at this film and think "Who says stuff like this?" It just distracted me from the film whenever a character would say something pointless, which happens a lot.
The story is predictable and I don't understand who the film's audience is. It makes references to Twitter and Katy Perry, then makes Flash Gordon jokes throughout. These things are from different generations, so that prevents your audience from understanding half the jokes in the film.
Overall, a good premise is let down by poor writing. Avoid the hype.