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Ted

Ted

2012

Seth MacFarlane

Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane, Giovanni Ribisi ...

5.5

51,254

Comedy. Fantasy Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane brings his boundary-pushing brand of humor to the big screen for the first time as writer, director and voice star of Ted. In the live action/CG-animated comedy, he tells the story of John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg), a grown man who must deal with the cherished teddy bear who came to life as the result of a childhood wish…and has refused to leave his side ever since.

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"[A] predictably irreverent satire that's sweeter and, sadly, less funny than you might expect."	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The plot of 'Ted' is fairly standard but greatly embellished by MacFarlane's ability to establish comic situations and keep them building (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"What began as a promising, if unhinged, experiment in suspending disbelief starts to feel like 'You, Me and Dupree' for plushies (...) Rating: ★½ (out of four)"	NEG
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"Not too many films serve up laughs that just keep on rolling with regularity from beginning to end, but Seth MacFarlane's directorial debut does so"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Tolerant amusement is pretty much the best this harmless little picture (...) is able to manage"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"'Ted' has nothing much to offer in terms of subtlety and sensitivity, but there are plenty of laughs (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Lisa Schwarzbaum CNN	"Even though a lot of the movie is grating dumb-assery, it's something to behold."	NEU
United States	Drew Taylor IndieWire	"It’s a collection of solid, frequently gut-busting gags, encased in a messy narrative that is technically inefficient and largely emotionally anemic"	NEU

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