Best Friends

Rating: 9/10 (13 July 2012)

A comedy, fantasy for an eight year old boy's powerful Christmas wish bring life to a large teddy bear which becomes a lifelong companion into adult hood to a thirty five year old man. Not all teddy bears are sweet, purity, cuteness as this one contains a vile mouth for excessive profanity, drug use (no signs of addiction) and sexual contents. As an avid teddy bear lover, I could not resist but to see Ted.
The CG graphics for Ted is not accurate as all teddy bears do NOT have eyebrows for a stuffed animal!! They do not have thumbs either for that matter, which even BBC's "Misery Bear" is truly a teddy bear depicted on screen. I just wonder how Ted secured his employment at a supermarket without proper identification papers (no Social Security, no identification card). Also when Lori was sewing Ted, in a panic to revive him, why did she not sew his whole body as it was not shown his back but only his front? She also never sewn Ted's left ear intact as it was forcefully removed by Robert, the stalker's son. The father and son stalkers originate a broken family who do not treat personal property with great care as a teddy bear.
The scene where Ted drives John to work with his feet attached to stilts to reach the brake petals, which is so funny. He's too short to see thus he plows the surrounding parked cars. It personally broke my heart to see Ted ripped in half and all his stuffing fallen on Fenway Park's lawn.
All in all, Ted the movie ends with a sweet ending as I did shed several tears. I'm happy Lori finally accepts Ted (as is) as part of her life with John. Because best friends are worth it.