Not just for Family Guy fans but the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree

Rating: 6/10 (17 August 2012)

Seth McFarlane has a great idea for a story about a little boy who wishes that his teddy bear might come to life. This happens and all is well with the world.
But what happens when the boy grows up and his teddy still wants to be his best friend? It turns out that "Ted" and John (Mark Wahlberg) are still living together along with John's girlfriend Lori (Mila Kunis) and they like nothing better than drinking and getting high.
Lori keeps reminding him that he has to get away from Ted and start acting like a grown up. It takes most of the movie for this to sink in with John but there are some funny scenes in the meantime.
It stretches disbelief more than a little that Wahlberg's underachieving character could be going out with a Mila Kunis lookalike for four years but he is a talented comic actor so he just about gets away with it.
There some funny scenes as the obnoxious Ted struggles to start a life on his own. McFarlane also throws in a lot of trademark "edgy" one-liners, mostly spoken by Ted.
However the movie does drag a lot and an unnecessary "Ted gets kidnapped" plot line makes this even worse.
Perhaps best saved for a DVD rental.