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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.

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.

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 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.

I have not seen the show Family Guy that is still running and releasing new episodes to this day, but I do know who Seth MacFarlane is and have seen some of his work before, and his first movie Ted (2012) was a very funny movie with him voicing a teddy bear and Mark Wahlberg starring in the movie; I was not sure what to expect in the sequel, but after watching it, I liked it like I did the first but thought the first movie was better. The sequel Ted 2 (2015), though not as good as the first, is still funny with good performances and good CG effects on Ted; what was interesting is Ted getting known as a person and not an object, but the movie will get distracted by doing cutaways to random situations like in Family Guy, despite being funny, it should keep focused on the main plot of the movie.

Mark Wahlberg as John is still well done and funny, with him now going through a divorce from his relationship with Mila Kunis's character in the last movie, I like that he is trying to help Ted with his problem on getting legally known as a person; his thing involving him finding another partner did kind of feel like a side plot. Seth McFarlane as Ted is once again great and funny, with him trying to be a person and not property so he can marry his girlfriend, keep his job, and adopt a kid; I like how much he loves his girlfriend and has a good friendship with John where he does not care if the government considers him a person or not, but also how he still trying his best to find a lawyer to help with his case. The last thing I will add is that the lawyer they get named Samantha, played very well by Amanda Seyfried, is funny and I like that she is trying the best she can to help Ted with his case, along with her, John, and Ted having a good team dynamic.

The movie is funny with good jokes and controversial ones like you expect in a Seth McFarlane movie, and the movie will occasionally do cutaway gags like Family Guy that can be funny to watch because of how random they can be but can distract from the main plot; other than the comedy, there are great effects on Ted once again using a mix of good CG effects and using a real teddy bear. The movie does have quite a few serious moments or heartfelt moments that do work and sometimes can be weird in a comedy like this, while also having the same antagonist come back again; the same antagonist from the first film comes back for a quick funny sequence and in a serious moment after that, and that is it.

The comedy sequel Ted 2 (2015) is as entertaining as the first movie, but I do think the first movie was better in a way, especially in some of the comedy because in the sequel some of the comedy works and some of the comedy does not work; this sequel was still funny, the performances are well-done, and the movie had good heartfelt moments. You will only like this movie if you liked the first film Ted (2012), but if you did not like the first movie, then you will not like this sequel that much; I like the first movie and this sequel, both movies are simple well-done funny comedies by Seth McFarlane that quite a few of people will enjoy.

It is an enjoyable and entertaining adult comedy drama just like the original which you will enjoy from the start till the end.

The story was simple, silly and enjoyable; the screenplay was good but stretched; the direction was good for this type of story and the performances including the voice acting of Ted was good. The jokes and punchlines were good but they were less as compared to the original. The runtime also felt little bit long but it doesn't effects the movie experience.

Overall, If you are going for this movie, just don't think too much and only enjoy the silly comedy. It is a good entertainer which you should definitely give a try.

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 :)

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...

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.

Recently watched Ted and Ted 2 and here are my insights about Ted 2: I found "Ted 2" to be even more enjoyable than the first film. It takes the humor up a notch, and there were several moments where I burst into laughter. The sequel continues the story of Ted and his best friend, with new outrageous scenarios that keep the comedy fresh.

Although the plot might not be as compelling as the original, the film's humor and the characters' interactions make it a great sequel. If you enjoyed the first movie, "Ted 2" is definitely worth watching for its laughs and entertaining moments. I liked both of its parts but off course both have flaws in it and it just my opinion.

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.

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.

I enjoyed watching both movies when they came out in 2012 and 2015. I was 10 when the first one released and 13 during the second. Yes I was one of those people who watched inappropriate movies behind my parents' backs when I was underage, not afraid to admit it.

But Ted 2 continues following the life of John (Wahlberg) and his teddy bear (Seth MacFarlane). Life becomes very complicated for Ted when he decides to have a baby with Tami-Lynn, he is declared property instead of a person.

John and Ted go to court to fix this issue and hilarious events ensue. The cast is great and they even have Morgan Freeman and the beautiful Amanda Seyfried from Mean Girls in the movie. You should definitely watch this sequel if you enjoyed the first one.

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

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.

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!

It has been a few years since I have seen this film but I really enjoyed the film. I will admit I laughed frequently, but I still thought the film could have been funnier. So many one liners in this film, but it still made me laugh. The film is centered around a man that grows up and his best friend is still a teddy bear that came to life in the 1980s. This bear drink, smokes pot, and hires prostitutes. Crazy and silly topic. He then gets married to a cashier at the local grocery store that he works at. They then go through marriage issues and decide they want to start a family and have a baby. That's why the adoption agency claims since he is a Teddy Bear he is only property. That's why the movie gets crazy and the story gets crazy as Ted sues in court! This is a great film to watch if you just want a good laugh!

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.

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.

No, it's not as good as the first one, but it's still much better than most attempts at film comedy these days.

The problem is the plot which doesn't always hang together and pretty much comes off the rails at one point, however, there are more than enough quality jokes to patch over the cracks.

Mark Wahlberg and Ted/Seth MacFarlane are excellent and Amanda Seyfried, who recently showed her incredible range in 'The Dropout,' plays it pitch-perfect here.

Ted has been rejuvenated in the excellent TV series, but this film is by no means a failure - it's a worthy addition to the Ted universe.

It's tough to follow a very funny comedy and while this didn't quite reach those heights, it's still a solid, funny film.