Show your kids this and they'll never want a fluffy toy again!

Rating: 6/10 (27 September 2012)

When the initial news of Seth MacFarlane's Ted circulated it unquestionably turned people's heads. A fluffy, cuddly and heart warming harmless bear became centre stage. A boy's Christmas present becomes his life-long wish, to speak, to move and enjoy human life with him as he struggles to fit within human society. On that note it wouldn't be recommended to compare this with former living toy spirits such a Pixar's Toy Story, far from it as Team Woody and Buzz, unless off-set, pose smoking weed and mouthing off like an animal.
The question that's poses is whether Ted is a majestic creation. Would the jokes be considered droll and tolerant if a soft toy wasn't in the picture? MacFarlane has brought the unusual to our screens by being imaginative, expanding beyond his marathon of Family Guy episodes and turning Ted into a triumphant persona when considered the topic of dialogue amongst those who have become intrigued by the comic of a talking, homophobic, self indulgent teddy bear. Counteracting this, Ted is not an original act; we've seen puppeteers and all spent time in reverie of waking up to a cuddly friend. As would be expected, if this was reality the bear would become famous, but after a while the bear becomes ancient history and left to mound up with those folks forced to convert to everyday life, parallel to his opposite number performed by Mark Wahlberg. I doubt this will be one of Wahlberg's most honoured and remembered lead acts in front of the camera as the teddy is primarily centre stage. Mila Kunis is plainly staged for prettiness and zilch else. Indubitably she has acting talent but is purely the mechanism for a love story or acceptably becoming a symbol of lust for Ted to gawk whilst being John's (Wahlberg) paramount Thunder Buddy. Ted basically replaces the languid yet significant friend who clings to his middle aged underachieving chum, who is adoringly attached to Mrs attractive. Circumstances become unsettling and John has the thorny decision of choosing between Mr Fluff or the love of his life.
The film does boast a number of pure hilarity components, particularly the scene of prostitute excrement and a few interventions with Ted's employer. The enjoyment factor can be notified within this film but will incontrovertibly struggle to pose any bona fide prominence in years to come. MacFarlane's efforts here will become dreary after purchasing the DVD and left mounted in alphabetical order, sandwiched between titles such as Squeamish and Tedious. Let us hope it doesn't turn into a cult faction where exasperating cyclic Family Guy aficionados quote the screenplay phrase for word as they daily perform with the animated television series.