The Bear was funny

Rating: 3/10 (8 July 2012)

Glowing reviews are no predictor of a movie experience. I had hoped the movie would be enjoyable and though Ted was endearing and had s lot of funny one liners, the rest of the movie was an ordeal. Mark Wahlberg has as much aptitude for light comedy as Sylvester Stallone while Mila Kunis begs to be pimp slapped (mainly because she's so mean to Ted.) If you're going to be a raunchy comedy stick to the sleaze, don't put in a feel queasy love story that's so unbelievable even the actors aren't convinced. The whole premise of the story is Kunis (Lori) wants Wahlberg (John) to marry her because they've been dating for 4 years. Wahlberg finally agrees but then Mila adds the stipulation he must get rid of the bear. So for four years Mark is happy with his situation but when he finally reluctantly agrees to marriage he suddenly thinks it's a good idea to ditch his best friend too? That plot was stale 50 years ago with good actors but falls completely apart with these hacks. The nadir of the movie was a flashback to how the two met featuring a disco scene copied verbatim from the movie "Airplane." How can you plagiarize something so well known and not get slapped by any reviewers? Collective amnesia is rampant.
That said Ted was funny, likable, and completely believable CGI. If only Mark and Mila were CGI they'd have something.