TED—as in the foul-mouthed talking teddy bear—was a smash (surprise) hit at the box office when it debuted in 2012…
It would become the highest grossing ORIGINAL R-rated comedy of all time.
So how would writer, director, producer and voice of Ted Seth MacFarlane follow up such a bawdy phenomenon?
Very well, I would say.
To quote an attendee at TED 2’s press screening earlier this week, “The first one was funny. This is hilarious.”
I might add that the sequel is also raunchier than the original!
MacFarlane sure seems to have worked with a bigger budget here which is in full evidence on the big screen. Who would have thought an opening production number reminiscent of the likes of the Ziegfeld Girls meet Busby Berkeley?
MacFarlane sure did!
As for the plot of TED 2, we find our ribald bear getting hitched to Tami-Lynn (Jessica Barth.) But it sure isn’t a match made in heaven. Lots of rough patches in the happy home—make that the urban Boston apartment.
They decide that the only way to save their wedding bliss is to have a baby and make their union whole.
Girl and teddy?
Ain’t happening.
Thus begins an almost over the top attempt at finding the perfect sperm donor. Perfect? You bet. How about a surprise hand job for Tom Brady?
Now if you think that’s too low then I’m not going to lay the rest of the sperm donation material on you.
It’s so wrong in so many ways – but it works.
Best line in the film? There are many. But my favorite is uttered by Ted on his wedding night when he proclaims to his new bride that he’ll. ”50 Shades of Bear her tonight.”
Meanwhile back to the plot which now has the Feds notifying Ted that he can’t hold a job. Worse yet, they consider his marriage a sham since a bear isn’t a person but is property.
Enter Amanda Seyfried as a young lawyer with Ted’s courtroom fight becoming her first legal challenge.
Will she be able to achieve human rights for Ted? And will she ultimately fall for Ted’s best bud Mark Wahlberg?
What do YOU think?
All that plus a wild trip through Comic Con and a side story in which Hasbro tries to steal Ted’s soul and mass produce it for world wide smart bear distribution.
Add Giovanni Ribisi, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Sam Jones and Jay Leno to the proceedings and you’ve got two hours of crude and cuddly, laugh out loud COMMUNAL hilarity.
Yeap, Ted is coming—again.
Note that if you’re making it a dinner and movie night out you may want to consider having an extra shot or two of adult beverages before hitting the theater.
It may just help it all play out better.
Poddy-mouthed TED 2 opens citywide to a raunchy B-.
(Reviewed at Cinemark, Merriam)
Ted the Sperminator. How does his junk work?
Soooo, you need the extra drinks to make it *really* funny?
I think you have to find McFarland’s worn out shtick to be funny in the first place to like it.
I wish I were that funny. MacFarlane’s latest PRE-opened last night to $2.6 million and is expecting to bring in $50-PLUS million over the weekend.
The Wal-Mart, NASCAR, WWE audience loves it….
Which only shows further, there’s no accounting for good taste.