1 star is 1 too many

Rating: 1/10 (1 August 2016)

I'll admit Family Guy's shtick wore thin for me after about half a season after they brought it back from cancellation. I can only watch it with a particular buddy who thinks it's the greatest show ever. So I'm not the target audience for this movie. On the other hand, I think Blazing Saddles is the funniest movie ever made, including - maybe especially - all the n-bombs, fart jokes and inside references. So there should have been something here for me to enjoy. But there wasn't. Ted is a mean-spirited, vulgar, obnoxious movie. I didn't laugh once. In fact, this movie managed to make un-funny the only thing guaranteed in life to make every man laugh - seeing another guy taking a shot to the groin. It's depressing to think this movie has brought in more than $500M worth of business and spawned a sequel. It's not the worst comedy ever made - Little Nicky is still probably the worst - but it's right down there.