Ted (2012)

As the result of a childhood wish, John Bennett's teddy bear, Ted, came to life and has been by John's side ever since - a friendship that's tested when Lori, John's girlfriend of four years, wants more from their relationship.

Director:

Seth MacFarlane

Writers:

Seth MacFarlane (screenplay), Alec Sulkin (screenplay),

Stars:

Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 20 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mark Wahlberg	...	John Bennett
Mila Kunis	...	Lori Collins
Seth MacFarlane	...	Ted (voice)
Joel McHale	...	Rex
Giovanni Ribisi	...	Donny
Patrick Warburton	...	Guy
Matt Walsh	...	Thomas
Jessica Barth	...	Tami-Lynn
Aedin Mincks	...	Robert
Bill Smitrovich	...	Frank
Patrick Stewart	...	Narrator (voice)
Norah Jones	...	Norah Jones
Sam J. Jones	...	Sam Jones
Tom Skerritt	...	Tom Skerritt
Bretton Manley	...	Young John (as Brett Manley)

Storyline

John makes a Christmas miracle happen by bringing his one and only friend to life, his teddy bear. The two grow up together and John must then choose to stay with his girlfriend or keep his friendship with his crude and extremely inappropriate teddy bear, Ted.

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Plot Keywords:

teddy bear | friend | love | relationship | party | 

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Taglines:

Ted is coming.

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for crude and sexual content, pervasive language, and some drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 June 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Teddy Bear

Filming Locations:

46 Atlantic Avenue, Swampscott, Massachusetts, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$54,415,205 (USA) (29 June 2012)

Gross:

$218,628,680 (USA) (19 October 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Media Rights Capital, Fuzzy Door Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min 112 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The integrated archive footage of Ted on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Episode dated 29 February 1984 was culled from the broadcast of February 29, 1984. Johnny Carson's actual guest that night was Emmanuel Lewis. This can easily be determined by when Johnny, upon Ted's arrival, says, "I thought you'd be taller." Although Ted responded, "I thought you were gonna be funnier," Emmanuel's actual response was, "Me too."

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Goofs

During John and Lori's anniversary dinner at the restaurant, after John says "Let's just enjoy our anniversary dinner", the view of the street outside is clearly waving, as if it were a printed on a canvas and made to look like the outside of the restaurant.

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Quotes

Ted: [upon seeing all the pictures of himself at Donny and Robert's house] Yeah, it's kind of funny actually. I've got a lot of pictures of you guys at my house.

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Crazy Credits

The opening credits were supposed to start with "Universal Pictures and Media Rights Capital Presents" as shown in the trailers/commercials and the back of the DVD/Blu-Ray covers. But, for unknown reasons, it starts with "Media Rights Capital Presents" and "Universal Pictures Presents" in the actual movie.

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Connections

References Super Mario Bros. (1985)

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Soundtracks

"Saving Ted/Lori's Wish"
Written by Walter Murphy
Performed by Walter Murphy

User Reviews

Crude, lewd and rude = perfect! NOT a kid's movie!

I got into a screening of this movie thanks to my daughter, after waiting what felt like forever. I saw the unrated trailer on YouTube and couldn't wait to see it. As another reviewer said, if you like Family Guy, you'll like this. In some ways, it IS Family Guy. Wahlberg basically plays a Peter Griffin type character,a likable, but somewhat dimwitted guy. Ted is essentially Brian, smart, witty and self-centered and Mila is sort of a Lois type, hot and the grown up in the story. Be warned, this is NOT a children's movie. Nudity, drug and alcohol use, plus heavy on the profanity. In other words, go see it! Just leave your (little) kids at home.