Basically a very long Family Guy episode

Rating: 5/10 (12 July 2015)

Anyone familiar with the work of Seth MacFarlane will know what to expect: a lot of 80s references and some very crude comedy. Here both aspects are ramped up to 11.
Here we have so many 80s "tributes" that I wondered if I was watching Hot Tub Time Machine by mistake. There's Johnny Carson, Return of the Jedi, Knight Rider and 80s pop. The homage to Airplane is actually a direct rip-off and Flash Gordon is embedded into the film's DNA.
The comedy is crude and tasteless in the best Family Guy tradition although lacking the wit and inventiveness of that series better episodes. Generally there's a few big laughs but long mediocre patches. Another problem I had was MacFarlane's Ted tended to sound rather too much like Peter Griffin, I thought that he would have more in his vocal locker.
I guess Mila Kunis relished her bigger part, being relegated to virtually one line per episode in FG.
Overall an OK movie, enjoyable if not very memorable.