Seth, I only like your Family Guy show.

Rating: 3/10 (2 December 2012)

Ted 2012 (DVD)
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis and Voice Seth McFarlane
Synopsis: At the age of twelve John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) makes a wish that his new Christmas gift, a teddy bear was actually real and would be his friend forever. Twenty-six years later after his wish was granted John and Ted (Seth McFarlane) are drug taking alcoholics that can barely been motivate each other to make it to work on time. John's girlfriend of four years Lori (Mila Kunis) wants to move forward with the relationship even if that means Ted has to leave.
Review: Writer, director, producer and actor of Ted, Seth McFarlane creator of Family guy, Cleveland Show and American Dad makes his first live action movie, bursting with lots of laughs or so the advertising campaign will tell you, not only is the movie predictable but the best of the jokes are given away in the trailer leaving only pop-culture references and toilet humor remaining. After years of being a Family guy fan I'd have liked to have seen this film and loved it.
Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis are good in their roles and Lori isn't being horrible when asking John to give up Ted as he isn't actually having any positive effect on John's life. Seth McFarlane comedy timing is as good as it is in his television work, the jokes are played out well even the not very good jokes work however with ill effect. The CGI on Ted works well throughout the film only with one or two moments of blatantly obvious CGI. The story is the main problem, predictable with too many characters not either given enough to do and I couldn't relate to any of the main characters being only two-dimensional.
There are a few laughs to be had though; Patrick Stewart opening mono- log is very funny and how Mark Wahlberg takes out one of the films villains towards the end of the movie made me laugh a lot. I could relate to Ted as a character asking myself a few questions throughout, "Why does the drinking or smoking affect him, not having any human organs?", "Why didn't he stay the cute bear from the beginning?" and "how come he's able to get a job?" also I think as in Family guy when Stewie (Baby) and Brain (Dog) characters talk mostly to the world no understands them and on reflection they are only making baby sounds or barking, if Ted was more part of John's imagination and the film being about adult acting like a child, It could been more plausible and maybe the humor may have worked better.
Watch this if you liked: Family Guy, Cleveland Show or American Dad
Verdict: A lot of hype made about this film, at sixteen years old I would have loved it, as an adult I can appreciate the work and what it was aiming to do, however I didn't enjoy it.