Delightful Disney for adults

Rating: 7/10 (19 November 2012)

To use Wahlberg's expression, from the movie and interviews, his character John Bennett and the teddy bear Ted both have potty mouth dialogue. It was with some reluctance I decided to watch a movie featuring a teddy bear come to life; this sort of thing doesn't appeal to me. But given the interviews I saw with Wahlberg, promoting it, and the fact I like most all his movies, I did see it and I hope you do too. It was simply a fun movie to watch. It's not the first comedy I've seen Mark Wahlberg act in; he was good in Date Night and The Other Guys, though I did not think much of those movies, not enough to recommend them. However, this one, as ludicrous as the story may be, is funny and delightful. I think it is because the players took their comedy seriously and performed their parts as well as anyone could have. If you can get passed the idea of a talking teddy bear, and a foul mouth one at that, watch it on DVD or on WebTV. If on the other hand you can't get past that idea, you have more sense than I do, but you may not be much fun.