Ted 2 (2015) User Reviews

Spared For The Laughs

[billygoat1071 · 6/10 · 26 July 2015]

Ted 2 now focuses on the titular anthropomorphic teddy bear in, having his own life of marriage and plans ahead of getting a non-biological child. This leads to a strangely interesting conflict about gaining civil rights to a teddy bear. And it's stranger that at some point the movie does take it somewhat seriously, and eventually goes back to its crass hijinks. It's nice, but nothing much compelling in the end, because what obviously overshadows it is definitely the outrageous laughs. But even the degree of laughs suffers the same problem; it's full of energy at first then it awkwardly mutes its lighter tone for its climax. Fans of the first may get the same pleasure that they seek, but there is really nothing special to it, either.

The first half really has the strongest amount of funny moments and also brought some intrigue to the story's center. But the movie apparently cannot decide what exact approach it is generally taking. The outrageous comedy is still everywhere, but whenever it stops by focusing on its themes, it really takes it seriously, like it actually believes that it is saying something important. But the movie hardly earns anything to deserve that attention. It's just shifting from its outrageous nature to a sudden gravity back and forth. Even for a comedy that is actually just fooling around, it stills displays a mind of uncertainty. There is also some bits of attempting to replicate Broadway; with dance numbers and a song. Can't tell if that's one of the movie's way of tripping or the director just wants to show off that he can do a musical. Either way, it rather feels nothing more than a random filler. The movie is also a little too long, the movie hitting the same major problem of the first film by setting up a climax that it's supposed to drive tension. It never felt right for the film, even worse, it's more like a rehash, reintroducing the same villain except it takes place in a different location. It's rather awkward and tedious than effective.

The sentiment doesn't felt convincing enough for the movie's true colors, but then it's all about the humor. And if the humor works, then there is a worthy roar of laughter to get from this film. Predictably raunchy, pot fueled and consists pop culture references; that will certainly be enjoyed if you understand the language of a Seth MacFarlane comedy. It's fun if it really tries to be fun. The performances from its lead actors are still a joy to watch. MacFarlane still manages to put energy to the talking teddy bear and Mark Wahlberg is still committed to fool around as Ted's man child best friend.

Ted 2 doesn't bring the same surprise of the first one, but if you're in for more outrageous laughs from this profane talking teddy bear, then it won't be a problem, as long as you're not expecting too much. The film does try to bring on an important theme, but it's not as effective or as strong as it wanted to be; it does make some interesting arguments, just doesn't have any powerful or at least earned conclusion to it; but hell, who would exactly take that seriously, anyway? Well, no more than the movie itself. It should have been shorter, the storyline should have been tighter, and the third act should have tried harder than repeating its predecessor. Again, it can be really funny, it just suffers handling its ideas better.

Good one-liners and gags, zero plot.

[jpb007 · 6/10 · 2 July 2015]

If there was a 6.5, I would give it. Because there was a lot to like in this movie. I like Mark Wahlberg. I like the bear. I like Amanda Seyfried. And there were a lot of good laughs in this movie. Good one-liners, and good recurring gags.

However, it just wasn't enough to make up for a horrible plot. The plot is lifted from "Miracle on 43rd Street." But it is not Christmas, Ted is not Santa. Somehow Ted does not rise to the mythical level of Santa, this is not a movie for kids. and the movie falls flat. Markie Mark is same as ever, and I do enjoy him. Kudos to Amanda Seyfried, who tries so hard to make the romance story line work. But I could never get past the fact that I was watching MW and AS and a wise-cracking stuffed bear. Some good laughs? Yes. A good story? Not even close.

If you liked the 1st ted you'll love it, if you didn't well you won't like this one either.

[himynameisart · 7/10 · 30 June 2015]

Ted 2 lets talk about it! OK i saw this film 2 months ago at an early screening and unlike a few idiots on here i actually kept my mouth shut due to the embargo and quiet possibly getting sued if i let any info slip lol. Anyways i ENJOYED this movie a ton!!! Let's get one thing straight here, if you didn't like the 1st TED or you don't like anything Seth Mcfarlane related then STAY AWAY! This movie isn't for you and it won't change your mind about anything. I LOVED the first ted and i knew that this movie might be a weak sequel like most sequels are now in days...... and surprise, surprise it actually exceeded my expectations. Ted 2 is almost as good as the first! ALMOST! One of my concerns was the cast change, i hate when movies replace or change characters in sequels. SO i felt that Mila Kunis's absence was going to be very obvious and there would be a hole in this movie that the new lead Amanda Seyfried just could not fill. AND another surprise! Her character worked to PERFECTION!!! The chemistry that she had with Mark Wahlberg and Seth Mcfarlane was just amazing. I was like "there's no way she could be better than Mila" and BOOM she nailed it.

The story most of you may already know from the trailers, Ted gets married and then the State says Ted is property and not a person so the marriage is annulled and he basically loses everything. So the story worked, the first movie focused more on John and this one is more about ted. I had no real complaints with this film, there is a cameo with Liam Neeson which IMO was just pointless and not that funny.... There are some moments where they try too hard with the jokes or to be shocking but Besides a few nitpicks i had no complaints with this movie! It is laugh out loud funny, it has serious moments similar to the first and it's just a fun film! There are some returning characters and i won't spoil that. And ohh yeah the Comic Con scene in this film with Patrick Warburton and the running gag they have going on is SUPER HILARIOUS!!! I'm giving TED 2 an 8.5/10.

Ted

[0U · 15 February 2020]

If you're a fan of the first Ted movie you'll probably enjoy the second as well but I think everybody can pretty much agree the first one was a lot funnier. The performances are still decent with some laughs, the biggest problem is is the ho-hum story that isn't engaging. The freshness from the first movie is gone as well. All in all Ted 2 is a slightly fun little comedy if you enjoyed the first one just don't expect it to be as good.

Funny but the plot develops poorly.

[Bruce722 · 6/10 · 4 July 2015]

Ted 2 does exactly what it set out to do. It delivers a bunch of laughs built primarily on crude, in-your-face humor and it doesn't take itself too seriously. Seth MacFarlane proves once again that he has his finger firmly on the pulse of his target demographic because the theater was in stitches throughout most of the film. That being said, a comedy doesn't have to sacrifice cinema in order to deliver laughs. I think the first movie was a prime example of that, as it was a genuinely good movie in addition to being hilarious. Instead, MacFarlane turns this movie into a live-action version of Family Guy. The plot is choppy and it essentially feels like a series of random skits, pieced together to form the semblance of some over-arcing plot. It was easily worth watching because it was hilarious but I expected a quality film closer to that of the first one.

Good sequel with same fun laughs

[thewalkingpuns · 7/10 · 19 August 2023]

Ted 2 was a different enough sequel, but still kept with the same fun throughout. Ted and Johnny are more grown up now in certain ways. Ted gets married to Tammy Lynn and to keep their marriage fresh he wants a baby. So they do the lateral thing and break into Tom Brady's house to steel his baby batter. It's a shame Kunis could not return. But we do get Amanda seyfed as Sam. A lawyer the guys go to after a court rule that Ted is somehow not a human. The film plays out as the guys, and Sam go off to prove Ted is a person and can save the day. Morgan Freeman and Liam neeson also appear, they are nice to see and overall Ted 2 is a pretty good sequel.

Not so much stupid as boring with an occasional giggle

[eran2000 · 3/10 · 21 July 2015]

The truth is that Ted 1 exhausted itself right in the trailer and the rest of film was kind of superfluous, but it was cute to see a dumb summer movie that doesn't take itself too seriously and is occasionally funny. TED 2 on the other hand takes itself much too seriously in trying to deal with the humanity of Ted. Seriously, what can a potheads and fart jokes movie tell us about being human? Lots of recycled jokes from Ted 1 and Ted as the main comic attraction in the movie just doesn't work anymore. There are a few good jokes and visual gags as befitting a summer comedy, but the rest are only marginally funny with a boring movie plot that connects them. You can see it if you happen to be home and stoned with nothing better to do :)

Waiting for Ted 3

[Prabhat_KS · 8/10 · 11 July 2015]

I really can't understand why many critics went harsh on this one.

The film is jutted with quality humour - social, political and personal. It lives up to the expectations and doesn't slack anywhere at all. It makes us laugh but also makes us uneasy at times not because of crassness but because it reveals the underbelly of our social setup.

I am waiting for Ted 3 - I sincerely hope McFarlene considers it. Ted should run up for Governor or President. It will fit in nicely with the US presidentials in 2016 and should reveal the shallowness of modern political campaigning.

Go Seth go...

Raises way more questions about human rights than any Seth Macfarlane production should, and that's not a bad thing...

[kieranbattams · 8/10 · 9 July 2015]

In 2012 when Seth Macfarlane's directorial debut was released, I, like many other people enjoyed it a lot. It was a basic film about a man and his senile teddy bear who would just smoke weed, swear a lot and hang out. That premise was enough to get us on board and it worked for a one off feature film. After the box office success it received a sequel was inevitable.. but how could a film with such a premise possibly do anything more to become a franchise? Well not only does Ted 2 ramp up the laughs, it also gives us a surprisingly strong plot and pulls it off well.

The basic premise is that Ted has married Tammi-Lynn from the first film, whereas John has divorced Lori. Following some marital problems, Ted decides to save his marriage with a baby, but in order to do this he has to prove that he is a person and not just property in the eyes of the law. Enter Sam L. Jackson (Amanda Seyfried) and yes as you would expect there are many references to the Hollywood star. I knew Mila Kunis was not coming back for this film and after her performance in the lacklustre 'A million ways to die in the West' i was not expecting Seyfried to be a good replacement, but she fits in with the cast very well. Just like the first film the chemistry between John (Mark Wahlberg) and Ted (Seth Macfarlane) is what makes the comedy work so well, you really believe you are watching two real life friends hang out, rather than Mark Wahlberg and a CGI teddy bear. The plot wasn't what made the first so enjoyable, it was their bond. Amanda Seyfried fits in with these two so well and as a trio they really mesh well together. She brings a lot of laughs to the table and I actually liked her character more than Mila Kunis'.

Whilst the plot is very good and holds up, the third act takes a bit of a plunge and almost copies the last act of the first film completely. Giovanni Risbi reprises his role as Donny and does exactly what he did originally, just for a slightly different reason. The film could have done without this to focus more on the human elements, even though it was hilarious to see Ninja turtle Raphael dance to 'I think we're alone now'. It almost felt like filler to make a longer movie. The small road trip segment to me was great, we got spoofs of both Planes, Trains and Automobiles and a great Jurassic Park spoof in the space of a couple of minutes. In fact the pop culture references from Rocky to Flash Gordon (Sam J Jones returns) were pretty great. I also loved the courtroom scenes, and even Morgan Freeman in an extended cameo provided us with a very good look at what human rights are all about.

What i wanted from this film was to laugh, which i did, a lot more than i expected to as well which is a bonus. Look out for a hysterical cameo from Liam Neeson. The 'is Ted a human' storyline felt like a bold and wonderful step forward and brings up way more questions about human rights than any Seth Macfarlane production should.. but not in a bad way at all. It focuses a lot less on the drugs and crude jokes, even though they are very much still there! But the way it was executed was just great. I wish the third act had stuck with it, but by the end if you are a fan of Seth Macfarlane's work such as Family Guy you will come out satisfied after plenty of laughs and a surprising amount of heart. Will we get a Ted 3? Most likely, but if it keeps up what Ted 2 did right then i just might be okay with that.

Way more entertaining than I expected

[Gordon-11 · 29 June 2015]

This film tells the story of a talking teddy bear who sues the government, so that he gets recognised as a human being and get human rights such as marriage and drivers license.

"Ted 2" is a hugely politically incorrect film, with a lot of swearing, sexual and crude humour. It is not usually a type of film I like, but "Ted 2" does have a way to get to my heart. It is sweet and emphasises a lot of love and friendship. Towards the end, the film gets very touching, and it made my eyes well up.

Having a touching plot, together with a funny script makes "Ted 2" very entertaining, way more entertaining than I expected.

Good crude humour, but not at the same level as its predecessor

[stephendaxter · 7/10 · 25 June 2015]

Ted 2 is the sequel to the very successful Ted which happens to be my favourite comedy of all time, so after the trailers, you could say i was looking forward to seeing what this could bring. And it did a pretty good job at including a lot of the crude humour you would expect from this sequel. I thought it had many funny moments that were well spread out over the entire film, a good amount were just funny while there were a few really really funny moments, unfortunately almost all of those really really funny moments were in the trailer so you knew they were coming. As well as the funny jokes there were also quite a few that fell flat, I will put them into two categories to make it easier; the jokes that were obviously there to try and top what was done in the first film, and, the jokes they re-used multiple times throughout the film. And there were like 4-5 jokes they used at multiple moments and it did get exhausting by the end. What it was missing was some more unpredictable jokes that the first film had, it did have a few that completely catch you off guard but a lot are predictable so that was a little letdown.

The plot? it was alright i guess, but who cares it's not the focus of the film where you have a swearing teddy bear, so when stuff happens you just go with it. It moved pretty fast but it also slowed down at times, the jokes really determined where the plot was going to go. Oh, and there is a side plot that i won't spoil because you don't know about it from the trailers, but it is so dreadfully boring and brings down the film a lot. It was just boring and felt like it was out of place and thrown in there just to add another 30 minutes to the film, so yeah, the film could have cut that 30 minutes out and it would have been much better. But in the end Ted 2 offers the crude and unpredictable jokes you want, so that aspect you will like if you liked the first film, unfortunately there is not enough of that to make it as good as its predecessor. If you just completely zone out during the side plot you will not miss a thing and will make for a better experience. - 6.7

Thunder Strikes

[aciessi · 7/10 · 25 June 2015]

I came to laugh, and laugh I did. "Ted 2" is a ridiculously stupid movie, the thing is, when Seth MacFarlane directs it, I like it more than the average dumb guy movie. I was gut-busting more times than I expected to. Was it as inspired and heartfelt as the first? Of course not. It would've benefited if it was, but there is only so much you could squeeze out of a pot-smoking bear, without getting more of the same.. lots of fuzz. The story is predictable, yes. Yet it stays away from being too serious, which I applaud MacFarlane for doing this time around. He divulged in some really hacky melodrama in "A Million Ways to Die in the West", and I prayed that it didn't happen here. Luckily, he doubles down on the laughs. However, he also doubles down on the offensiveness. This is a mean movie, folks. Prepare to scoff and scowl at how low it goes. Some of it does work, partially due to how Ted's racism and homophobia is humorously typical of a loud Bostonian. I'm not sure how anyone will feel about Ferguson and Charlie Hebdo, and Robin Williams death jokes. The 22.3 year rule has never applied to Seth MacFarlane. For him, it's about a 4 month rule. Putting aside all of the flaws, I can happily say that "Ted 2" delivers as a comedy. It's a vast improvement over Seth's last film, and it's making me crave third film. But if they have to put the bear to bed, so be it.

Not as funny as the first one, but it does have a good message.

[starry42 · 6/10 · 26 June 2015]

The first Ted was a major surprise for me. I thought it looked stupid from the trailers, but when I saw it I couldn't stop laughing. Having been a fan of Family Guy for a long time, I was not sure what to make of Seth MacFarlane's feature film debut. It was a success, so a sequel was bound to happen at some point.

When I first walked into Ted 2, I wasn't sure what to expect. Would it be funnier than the original, or just a waste of time. Well it was actually neither. What it is, though, is a subtle commentary on civil rights.

In the film, Ted (voice by Seth MacFarlane) is seen by the US government as nothing more than a piece of property. With the help of his thunder buddy John (Mark Wahlberg) and a young lawyer named Sam (Amanda Seyfried), Ted goes to court to fight for his rights as a human being. This is the main plot point, but there are a few subplots thrown in, such as finding a sperm donor so Ted and his wife Tami can have a baby, and a return by creepy bear-o-phile Donny (Giovanni Rabisi).

I did not find myself laughing quite as much in this one as with the first. Some of the jokes were a bit predictable this time around, and some even seemed forced. Probably the highlight of the humor is a hysterical cameo which I will not divulge.

Bottom line, it has a good message to it if you like films with a moral, but if you're a fan of Seth MacFarlane who is hoping for nothing but non-stop laughs, then you may be a tad disappointed. Overall, I enjoyed it, but I'd say it's more worth a rental when the time comes. Not really anything to rush to the cinema for.

Has most of the same strengths and weakness as the first film, but nowhas the issues that plague most comedy sequels

[IonicBreezeMachine · 5/10 · 27 March 2022]

Living teddy bear, Ted (Seth MacFarlane) has finally married his girlfriend Tami-Lynn McCafferty (Jessica Barth) with his friend John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) as his best man having been divorced from Lori for six months. About a year after the wedding Tami-Lynn and Ted start experiencing marital difficulties and on the advice of a friend Ted floats the idea of adopting a child with Tami-Lynn who's receptive to the idea. After learning Tami-Lynn is infertile due to years of drug use, the two decide to go the adoption route which not only fails, but leads to several chain reactions in Ted's life as he's technically "property" and not a person according to the state. The two enlist the help of a local law firm and are given recent Law School grad Samantha Jackson (Amanda Seyfried) who hits it off with John. Meanwhile, Ted's stalker Donny (Giovanni Ribisi) is now working at Hasbro as a janitor and convinces Hasbro's CEO Tom Jessup (John Carroll Lynch) to bank roll the opposition to Ted's case in the hopes of making Ted's rights forfeit and mass producing duplicates so Donny can finally have one of his own.

2012's Ted was indisputably the year's biggest comedy release of that year making $550 million against a $65 million budget and allowing writer director Seth MacFarlane to stretch his success beyond his prime time animated shows like Family Guy and American Dad to other areas including his revival of Cosmos and eventually his Star Trek homage The Orville. With Ted being a success, it was pretty much a given that there'd be a sequel which MacFarlane commenced following the disappointing returns on his western comedy A Million Ways to Die in the West. Initially written as a road trip comedy where in Ted and John would smuggle a load of marijuana across the United States, the premise was scrapped early on due to similarities with the 2013 comedy We're the Millers. Eventually the focus shifted to one of Ted proving himself as a person under the eyes of the law, necessitating the inclusion of a lawyer character and writing out Mila Kunis' character Lori from the last movie. When the movie was released in June 2015, its grosses fell short of its processor making $120 million less domestically at $81 million but thanks to the international market it did eventually manage to get to $216 million worldwide. MacFarlane hasn't directed another film since Ted 2 but did direct some episodes of The Orville that are reasonably well regarded so there hasn't been any adverse fallout from its underperformance. The movie itself, it's basically just more of the same minus the freshness and the recurring issues that plague most comedy sequels.

Ted 2 begins fairly okay within the first 20 minutes as it opens with a humorous wedding for Ted and Tami-Lynn and transitions into a Busby Berkeley-esque musical number that serves as out opening credits. But then we have the other things, like John now divorced from Lori effectively undoing any of his character development and resetting him to square one (never a good sign for a comedy sequel). On top of the issues with sequelitis we also have many sequences that are lifted wholesale from episodes of Family Guy such as the sperm spilling scene from the episode Sibling Rivalry and even the main plot follows many of the major beats of the series seventh episode Brian: Portrait of a Dog where in a talking dog fought a legal battle for his civil rights. And when it's not copying scenes from Family Guy, it's copying scenes from other comedies like the "Mess Around" driving sequence from Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.

I know Family Guy has a history of wholesale lifting sequences, dialogue, and set pieces from other TV shows and movies and just placing their own characters in it, and considering it's a 22 minute TV episode with commercials it is what it is. But a movie doesn't follow the same rules as TV and when you recycle jokes your and setups your audience saw on TV for free and now make them pay theater prices to see them on the big screen it shows a remarkable amount of contempt for your audience. MacFarlane isn't the only one guilty of this either, because South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker tried to pull the same thing with their movie Team America: World Police that featured a number of jokes regurgitated from their TV show, and it was stupid there too.

That's not to say there aren't some jokes that work as some of the cameos are occasionally funny and MacFarlane and Wahlberg still have good chemistry, but for every moment that works there's others that just don't. The movie brings back Giovani Ribisi's Donny again and like the last movie he's not funny and is just odd and off-putting but some of the scenes he shared with John Carroll Lynch were mildly amusing, Amanda Seyfried's Sam Jackson (guess which joke they make) is just kind of there, and a lengthy sequence in Comic-Con only served to remind me how much better this was done when Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, and Seth Rogen did it in Paul.

Ted 2 feels like an obligation sequel. It's cobbled together from leftover parts of both the first movie and MacFarlane's TV shows while still having the same problems with dated reference humor that has made the film age poorly. I say this as someone who likes MacFarlane's work, he can do better than this.

very funny

[kmac-73327 · 10/10 · 14 April 2021]

Watched this several times still find it hilarious unfortunately the pc movement has massacred comedy in the uk.

Laughs can still be found in this overlong follow up

[eddie_baggins · 6/10 · 30 June 2015]

His certainly not a cuddly teddy that's for all but after one seriously successful first outing in 2012 it was always a given that everyone's (the only one?) favourite foul mouthed yet somehow endearing talking bear was going to make it back to a big screen close by and with that we now have Ted 2.

After his biggest misfire yet in the potentially hilarious yet wrongly skewed A Million Ways to Die in the West (of which an alumni of makes a great cameo in this film), Seth MacFarlane finds himself back on familiar ground, which is in both a material sense, a comedic sense and also a still unfortunately self-indulgent directional sense that see's MacFarlane struggle to rid his 2 hour plus film of jokes that don't work and plot lines that feel like nothing more than time fillers. If there was ever a director in need of someone to cull his films of material that neither enhance or contribute to the tale at hand it's MacFarlane but to say the man doesn't deliver some comedic gold in this enjoyable romp would be a lie.

While you'll often find yourself ashamed at what brings forth fits of laughter here, MacFarlane as he is well known to do, mixes juvenile humour with far more wide reaching topical funnies, from everything from civil rights through to his usual pop culture insights, nothing is out of his reach. Within the films bloated runtime there are moments of pure gold that make Ted 2 succeed to the level it does, much like its predecessor and with the continued chemistry shared between Whalberg's well-meaning yet daft John and the MacFarlane voiced Ted Clubber-Lang (yes Ted now has a last name) at the same high levels the films many sins can be forgiven thanks to their often game saving banters. The addition of Amanda Seyfried is also a bonus to the film, her willingness to poke fun at herself a particular highlight.

The narrative of Ted 2 is anything but fantastic and the reappearance of Giovani Ribisi's teddy obsessed villain Donny is almost a movie breaker but Ted 2 has enough wit and chemistry to save itself from all the low denominator humour and awkwardly edited grove that surrounds it and in the end provides some very decent comedic entertainment. In saying this it may be time for all involved to move onto other things with MacFarlane in particular in need of something a little meatier than he has been dishing up over the last few years.

3 Tom Brady home invasions out of 5

Not as expected and definitely not up to the marks of TED!

[gajjar-rushi-a · 4/10 · 24 August 2015]

So last night finally I have seen this flick and except few scenes, I didn't find it much appreciable and good. Honestly TED set my expectations so high so I was eagerly waiting for TED 2 and finally when I saw it, I found no thrill and nothing similar to TED. I know every sequences and next parts can not be same as earlier one but this was not deserving for an applause.

Those who liked this movie, good for them! I didn't like it personally so just came here to warn those guys who loved TED and set their expectations so high for TED 2.

It could be better with some logic and more depth into the characterization. Chemistry between thunder buddies was not as it was in TED.

Many other things are lacking but I don't want to discuss anymore. I have already wasted my 2 hours behind this movie. :)

Funnier then the first one kudos to seth mcfarlane

[bogota909 · 10/10 · 27 June 2015]

Movie was hilarious, besides certain awkward scenes, especially the introduction they could of done without, mark Walberg: never considered him a funny actor. But he has done very well in this movie franchise, Seth Macfarlane is a talented comedian director and creator The girl from dear john did very well filling Mila Kunis shoes, usually sequels bomb!!! But not this film very impressed how funny it came out, story line was mediocre but funny scenes made up for it. Usually sequels are over budget big propaganda and it started at first but the funny dialogue and thr hilarious scenes made not only myself but the people at the movie theater, rotten tomatoes rated this a 4.0 what the hell do.they know they always give crappy rating for funny movies, and as soon as they get a check from a crappy movie they rate those high, they are a insult not only to me but to all the real movie buffs so sit back and Enjoy it people Mike Sanchez (popcorn n movie)

Less Funny but still Lighthearted to Enjoy

[captainmike-michael · 6/10 · 28 June 2015]

Seth MacFarlene continues to tell a formulaic story maintaining the offensive, disgusting and ridiculous style of fun from the first Ted but choosing to legalise Ted as the main plot has drastically reduced the opportunity to present more jokes in a creative way, causing the film turns out to be slightly long and less funny. However, the story progresses in an organised structure, allowing plenty characters development with some surprise cameos appearance - Liam Neeson, Jimmy Kimmel and Morgan Freeman. The expression and movement of CGI- created Ted is still perfectly crafted just like he is truly exist as in first film, the chemistry between Wahlberg and Ted is still strong but the romance in between other characters is rather weak, the performance of all the main casts are good even the new comer Amanda Seyfried just fits well as part of the film. Without much difference from its predecessor, the sequel might not offer any fresh theme but its lightheartedly fun and surprisingly emotional ending is still worth to enjoy at the big screens.

Ted came, again

[templar77099 · 5/10 · 28 June 2015]

I don't know how, but in what concerns to Seth MacFarlane I always preferred American Dad to Family Guy, and I think that's why I couldn't like this movie more. I liked very much of the first one much because the whole concept was surprising and fresh. With this sequel I believe we are getting the same movie with a bit of improvement in terms of jokes.

If you love Family Guy you will love Ted 2. It's practically the same kind of humour, the same kind of gags. If you don't, well, don't even bother to buy the ticket. Ted is almost like Brian, John is Peter Griffin and Samantha is Lois, although I rather preferred Mila Kunis's turn on the first one to the one Amanda Seyfried gives on this one. I just feel like Mila would have given something to the movie that Amanda can't simply give, despite being a very talented actress.

It's not that Mark Wahlberg is one of my favourite actors, but I think I 'd rather see him doing this type of film than the Transformers's ones which, I need to be honest, I don't give a crap. I think Wahlberg has this gift to comedy movies which started since Boogie Nights.

Jessica Barth is quite a surprise as Tami-Lynn. Once again, and as it happened on the first movie, the show stealer (although there's that Liam Neeson scene, which, in fact, I think was the movie's best) was Giovanni Ribisi as the awkward and misfitted Donny. That "fresh cakes" line just killed me. His scenes were the ones I laughed the much, particularly the Comic Con ones. I think that it was a masterstroke to place de climax of the film on this convention, because it allowed to some notably funny gags regarding the so called "geeks".

Just like the first, Ted 2 is cameo heavy. From Liam Neeson to Tom Brady passing by Sam J. Jones (who had already appeared on the first one). The Liam Neeson one was notably brilliant, in a satire to the more recent roles of the Irish actor.

Ted 2 is an enjoyable flick, with the virtues and flaws that you would expect of a summer blockbuster. Just for laughs and the popcorns!

Mila Kunis was missed

[peter-stead-740-486963 · 6/10 · 11 July 2015]

After watching Ted 2, I watched the first one again same night as it happened to be on TV.

I realised that what makes the first one a classic is that it's about a boy becoming a man, without his innocence and identity dying altogether. It's a classic theme everyone can relate to.

This is what holds Ted 2 back. Because Mila Kunis isn't in it, it loses that progression, so John Bennett is back to square one. So in place of the theme on growing up, we are eventually introduced to a different kind of theme, that of Ted's rights as a human being. There are parallels made with the emancipation proclamation, but they don't really make the most of this idea and in any case, it's a political, rather than a personal, theme that doesn't do enough for John Bennett's journey. The Ted films work best when it is really about John - with Ted being a symbol of his innocence.

So Ted 2 isn't touching in the same way that Ted is, (and I know it seems weird to talk about something as bad taste as Ted as being touching, but it is about a boy and his teddy bear) but that said Ted 2 does have some great comedic set pieces. I was crying with laughter in places and I kind of love it just for that.

The Thunder Buddies Are Back!

[ctowyi · 6/10 · 2 July 2015]

Seth MacFarlane's Ted (2012) was ingeniously hilarious to the max. How do you send a barrage of racial and religious slurs, and an avalanche of sexual jokes into the faces of the audience and yet draw no foul? You make a teddy bear do it. Ted also knows how to tinge the sacrilege with a sweet bro-mance that takes the sting off it. Did it still have enough jizz for a sequel?

Ted 2's trailer lays out the new shenanigans Ted and his man-child buddy are up to. Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law. The idea is irrelevant, ridiculous and preposterous, but it is the perfect territory for Seth MacFarlane's brand of unsophisticated potty humour delivered with wacky power.

We were quite entertained with the movie and laughed out loud numerous times. That's the mark of a good comedy but IMHO Ted 2 falls wide off the mark of being a great comedy. It felt like the same old jokes repackaged. Some of the ideas are just too frivolously conceived. For example to mend a marriage one would need to have a baby. That didn't work for me. Finally, this being a MacFarlane vehicle it feels terribly self-indulgent and self-obsessed. It felt like he wrote so many jokes and he couldn't bear with deleting any of them to make the movie tighter. That made the middle act feel too long with too many redundant scenes and the jokes wore thin after a while. Thankfully it never loses its heart. At the heart of it the franchise has always been a sweet examination of friendship, loyalty and love, and the outlandish plot wisely steers it back to its natural state with aplomb.

All in all it is not a bad way to spend an evening. We laughed because the thunder buddies are our pals too. My wife did feel the franchise is at its end and she hopes Ted 3 doesn't happen. I don't know about that. It may be quite funny to see Johnny and Ted grow old.

More laughs with additional stuffing

[bob-the-movie-man · 7/10 · 9 July 2015]

"Ted" divided most audiences: some loved it; some hated it; with few holding a middle ground. "Ted 2" is much of the same style of humour, so if easily offended best skip this one.

The film starts with Ted marrying his sweetheart and supermarket co-worker Tami-Lynn (Jessica Barth), whilst John (Mark Wahlberg)'s relationship with Lori (Mila Kunis from the first film, who could clearly not be tempted back) has already hit the rocks.

Ignoring the fact that consummating the marriage is clearly going to be impossible without an "appendage", Ted's attempts to have children draws attention to his legal status as 'Property' rather than a 'Person'. What follows is a legal battle to prove Ted's humanity, with a sexy young lawyer (Amanda Seyfried) acting as both legal aid for Ted and a rekindling of love interest for John.

As often in Seth Macfarlane films, there is a plethora of cameos, some of them very funny. For example, the human rights lawyer needs to be a "Harrison Ford type of lawyer", and you'll never guess who plays the part…? (and no, this isn't a spoiler – it wasn't!). My favourite cameo was by Michael Dorn as the strong and silent half of a gay couple: if you know what role Dorn is famous for and link that to where the film's finale occurs then you have a dodgy costume winner of a belly laugh. (By the way, it's also worth staying through the interminable end credits for a final humorous cameo).

Mark Wahlberg again proves what a good comic actor he is after his roles in the original "Ted" and the underrated "The Other Guys". And the excellent Giovanni Ribisi ("Friends") returns in the role of the evil and jealous Donny from the first film, now nearer to the heart of darkness as a Hasbro janitor.

Seth Macfarlane's Ted is also a comic creation of genius that can get away with highly offensive lines by just looking cute. However, in my view, a line does get crossed with the script a few times in terms of good taste, particularly in terms of numerous black jokes that seem to come at you apace in the middle of the film. (Offence is in the eye of the beholder and I'm not black, so can't legitimately comment on how close to the knuckle these were).

The multi-talented Macfarlane again directs, and this is a vast improvement on last year's turgid "A Million Ways to Die in the West". At 115 minutes the film doesn't outstay its welcome, but could still in my opinion do with a nip and a tuck in places. As examples, the big Hollywood-style dance number in the opening titles (surely the first since "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom"?) is a bit pointless and makes Ted look more false than in the whole of the rest of the film, and a mid-film song by Seyfried seems to be trying to rehash a classic campfire scene from "The Three Amigos" but rather misses the mark.

In summary, if you liked "Ted" you will probably like "Ted 2". But it has an 18/R rating for a reason, with extensive bad language, sexual references and drug taking ("They move in herds" – LOL) that may offend.

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Ted 2's like an extended FG episode.

[troyputland · 4/10 · 11 July 2015]

Seth Macfarlane yet again proves that his brand of humour isn't everyone's cup of tea. In fact it's not for many with his latest feature length film. Ted was all about the thunder buddies and the ups and downs of their relationship. The second takes a completely different approach. Instead of mocking political subjects, which Ted 2 focuses on, Macfarlane fills up it's long running-time by abusing celebrities, with distasteful dick jokes and awkward racism. This time round the puns invoke little or no reaction. Mila Kunis is sorely missed, replaced by a reputable but unconvincing Amanda Seyfried as a lawyer. John Bennett (Walhberg) and Ted's (Macfarlane) relationship never flourishes past the first film. Big shock, when it's their banter and wild antics that made the Ted so outrageously entertaining.

If you enjoyed the first movie, then you'll probably like Ted 2. Just don't expect to laugh as much

[RforFilm · 6/10 · 30 June 2015]

I have previously reported before that writing comedy is difficult as it relies on two principles; that all comedy is based on misery and that it needs to remain unpredictable. It's hard for comics, especially for long running comics on Comedy Central or even the Monty Python trope to remain unpredictable because they tend to stick with the methods that work best for a laugh and if you watch something like The Three Stooges or Monty Python long enough, you'll definitely notice a pattern. When the joke starts to remain repetitive, the best thing to do is to fold the act and try something else, more unexpected that an audience would have not seen coming.

Seth MacFarlane is one comic whose currently is the state of finding a new voice while working with an old one. A Million Ways to Die in The West didn't respond well with audiences, tanking at the box office while on television, fans of Family Guy and American Dad have noted that the neither show was as funny as it used to be. I too have found that Family Guy has become tired and repetitive in stories. Since he did well with Ted back in 2012, it only made sense to have another go around with the foul-mouthed teddy bear in Ted 2.

The movie opens with the wedding of Ted (played by Seth MacFarlane) and his girlfriend from the first movie Tami-Lynn. Things are looking good for this teddy bear, but his best friend John Bennett (played by Mark Wahlberg) is down in the dumps after being divorced from Lori six months ago. Ted tries to get John to meet up with more woman, but the guy is too depressed to date again.

Months go by and the relationship between Ted and Tami-Lynn has become sour, up to the point where they end up arguing in their apartment. Ted gets the idea that having a baby would be a good way to save the marriage. After two sperm donations are botched, they find out that Tami cannot conceive children. They resort to adopting, but they are denied as the United States government does not recognized Ted as human. This ends up canceling out the marriage and causes Ted to loose many of his civil rights. To prove he is human, he and John decide to take the case to court where a young lawyer Samantha L. Jackson (played by Amanda Seyfried) represents them.

The first thing that Ted 2 does right is that it doesn't retread the same story from before. They couldn't have anyway as the first movie had a very sitcomish feel, but was fine the way it was. What is retreaded are the fearless jokes from MacFarlane that are more hit and miss this time. I do recall laughing at the first half hour more then the rest of the movie. Because MacFarlane wants to get in as many laughs as possible, he relies way too heavily on jokes that are cutaway gags or simply references to movies from the eighties.

What I will say is that the actors delivering the comedy are sure trying their hardest. Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane still have great chemistry, as if they've been friends for a long time. Amanda Seyfried does well as the young lawyer and new love interest for John. But this is where my biggest problem lies. The story of Ted revolved around John and Lori getting together and working around Ted. The fact that Ted 2 decided to leave the first love interest out is kind of disheartening.

I'll give this six Ted bears out of ten. I see this sequel as a mixed bag, but those going in will either like or hate MacFarlane's sense of humor. I'd say watch Ted and Family Guy before committing to seeing this sequel. Just don't expect to laugh as hard. But I did Laugh.