Ted

Ratings: 7.8/10

Film Class: B+

Genre: Comedy

Ted reminded me of bad taste bears, those explicit bear figurines manufactured in UK/Europe. Brought to you by the creator of the animated sitcom Family Guy, I'm sure the type of humor you see in Family Guy is the same over here, or vice versa since I haven't caught a single episode of the sitcom. Ie. crude adult-themed humor. While I expected senseless "vulgar" humor, it proved otherwise. Ted was really a movie consisting of short snippets of in-your-face adult humor, somewhat like spongebob square pants but more explicit. And there's a nice story theme behind it - what bromance is all about.

Ted (voiced by the creator/director himself) comes to life after his owner, John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) made a wish on Xmas day for a lifelong buddy, and had stayed as such for a long long time, until the love of John's life (Mila Kunis) comes into the picture. 

How they make Ted so life-like is remarkable, and Mark Wahlberg's consistently monotonal conversations with Ted fit just right... adding cold sarcasm to the convincing script between a grown-up kid and his talking teddy bear. There were several laugh out loud moments, and sitting through a stand-up comedy, it doesn't give you time to think about what you just laughed... it just moved on to the next pump line, and the next, and the next. In a way, that also made the scene progressions less smooth (cut out instead of fade out shots), but that didn't bother me. 

I liked this movie, especially with the holiday season around the corner, it brought back the little magical feeling of Xmas. Why it was released in September beats me, but it sure is a feel good, light-hearted, rather touching, gonna-make-your-day kinda holiday movie for the open-minded family.