Movie Review: Ted 2

Reviewed by: Alice Mpholo

Genre: Comedy

Running time: 108 minutes

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried and Morgan Freeman

Director: Seth MacFarlane

Rating: 10/10

The Plot: Our favourite vulgar weed-smoking stuffed bear is back with the second offering of Ted 2.

Directed by Seth MacFarlane of Family Guy, we start off with Ted marrying the girl of his dreams, Tammy-Lynn and of course as all marriages go, they end up at each other’s throats.

In a rut, someone suggests Ted and his wife get a baby to bring them back together again. There is only one problem (you guessed it) Ted is not a human being and so cannot father a child.

What follows is a series of hilarious events as Ted and his best friend John Bennett decide to fight for the teddy bear’s civil rights in a court of law.

The good: Very few movies ever get the sequel right, we saw it with The Hangover, but Ted 2 is an absolute knockout. I can’t remember the last time I wanted a second sequel to a movie so badly.

Johnny and Ted are the epitome of a ‘best friendship’– they have a no-holds barred relationship that promises louder laughs… and some tears.

Seth MacFarlane is a comedic genius and if you have watched Family Guy then I know you are nodding your head in agreement. The storyline keeps developing and will keep the audience gasping, right to the end.

The director stuck to the format of a ‘buddy movie’ but it is unadulterated pranks, stereotypes and jokes that left no subject untouched from homosexuality, race and cheesy crime shows.

Ted 2, relates to the culture of putting everything on social media, the obsession with The Kardashians and how every person thinks they could be a lawyer after one episode of Law and Order.

The bad: The one disappointment, if I had to pick one, is that the movie actually came to an end!

Ted 2 officially will hit cinemas on June 26 but in the meantime, check out the trailer.

This review was made possible by United International Pictures.