Very funny for MacFarlane's first film

Rating: 8/10 (30 June 2012)

"ted" is a film that may have a teddy bear in it, but it's definitely not for the kids. Within the first 10 minutes of the film, you hear the worst four letter word used in a religious sense. But the audience went crazy, that was when i knew that this film was something different. For those of you who don't know what "ted" is about, it starts about this kid named John Bennet ( a very unpopular kid, so unpopular that he envies the Jewish kids that gets beat up) and on Christmas Day he gets a teddy bear that he names "teddy". After a while, he knights Teddy with the honor of being his best friend for life (or as they say in the film "thunder buddies for life"). And on one night, he wishes that Teddy could really talk. Low and behold, the next day, Teddy CAN really talk! Instantly he becomes famous, but it wears out over time. Skip about 30 years or so and it's the present day where John and Ted are still Thunder Buddies. Instead of having movie nights and riding in soap box cars, they're smoking pot and watching their favorite movie, "Flash Gordon" (which is very important later on). John (played by Mark Wahlberg) now has a girlfriend of four years, Lori (played by Mila Kunis) and she expects John to grow up and move on with his life, Ted just being the obstacle. It's like every other buddy film, but the buddy is a very irresponsible teddy bear. I think what makes this movie work is the fact that Ted can do things and say things that we wish we could but never had the heart to do it, also because he's a teddy bear. The intriguing thing about this movie is how it never slows down, there are parts that are meant to be serious but then after a second, Ted says something that'll have you on the ground laughing hard. I was extremely impressed by the plot, sure it sounds so overused, but MacFarlane doesn't overdo it, he compliments the characters, so to speak. Also the jokes are very in your face and laugh out loud funny. Defiantly keeps in style with the "Family Guy" humor that we all know and love. The acting given by Kunis and Wahlberg is really good and you could really feel the tension and the love between them. But the kudos goes to the bear. MacFarlane gives a voice that really speaks, curses, and does other naughty things. This movie would be called "all about a bear" but i believe that it's really about friendship over the years. There's a Ted inside all of us and we all have our own Ted. 8 out of ten.