I didn't really expect to like this movie. I think Family Guy is okay in small doses but I wouldn't call myself a Seth MacFarlane fan. Still, it's not terrible.After a magical Christmas wish brings his teddy bear to life, John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) has a guaranteed best friend for life. Unfortunately, Ted (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) is a pot-smoking, beer-drinking slacker who does nothing but encourage John to do the same. John's girlfriend Lori (Mila Kunis) is starting to get a little tired of all the infantile shenanigans and begins pressuring John to cut some of the ties. A creepy stalker (Giovanni Ribisi) is more than willing to help out with this.
Several of the jokes fell completely flat, including an absolutely inappropriate one about the Virginia Tech shooting, and every scene with the bear was like nails down a chalkboard. Seth MacFarlane, while very talented overall, only has about 3 different voices and Ted sounds exactly the same as Peter Griffin. There were also a ton of pop culture references so you better have loved Flash Gordon or there will be long stretches where you will be bored/confused. It's almost like they were trying to pull a Harold and Kumar but with Sam J. Jones instead of NPH. Not a good trade.
The amount of talent in this movie is impressive and it would be worth a rental just for Patrick Stewart's narration, alone.
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