Ted (2012)

John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear, Ted or his girlfriend, Lori.

Director:

Seth MacFarlane

Writers:

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

Stars:

Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins & 27 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 (as 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 | animated character | gross out comedy | absurd comedy | buddy comedy | 

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Taglines:

Ted is coming.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Did You Know?

Trivia

The production wanted to use The Bangles' "Manic Monday" for Donny's solo dance party, but the rights were too expensive.

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Goofs

John and Ted cause hundreds of dollars in damage to the hotel room when they were fighting and the two somehow don't face charges for vandalism.

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Quotes

Ted: Listen. You got to let me help you make things right with you and Lori.
John: There's no putting things right. She fucking hates me.
Ted: No, John. We can... We can get her back. Look, you remember when you were 10, and you hit that squirrel with your BB gun? And then when we saw it fall from the tree, we both started crying, you remember? And then we ran up to it and we tried to give it CPR, and it came back to life. John, we could do that again.
John: Ted, we crushed its ribcage and blew out its lungs trying to ...

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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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Alternate Versions

On TV broadcasts, any instance of the word "fuck" has been muted, dubbed over, or replaced by a sound effect.

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Connections

Features The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)

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Soundtracks

All Time High
Music by John Barry
Lyrics by Tim Rice

User Reviews

A standard comedy - but with a teddy bear

Whilst I did not dislike 'Ted' I cannot say I was overly impressed by it. The hype and popularity that built up towards the film's release had me expecting something fresh, something that would keep me laughing days after. To my disappointment, 'Ted', to me, turned out to just another Rom-Com, its only real unique twist being Ted himself.

Having said that, 'Ted' did provide some good laughs, whilst they weren't exactly side-splitting the film was entertaining and I did watch the entire feature without getting bored or uninterested. The animations for Ted were of a good quality, doing a good job in making it seem like Ted was actually there with the actors, rather than just a computer-generated 3D image.

What I felt let 'Ted' down was it's predictability and lack of memorable or unique laughs. Being rated as a 15, 'Ted's plot didn't seem to suit it's targeted audience, I have seen similar story lines in films rated PG or even U but the explicit content of 'Ted' was clearly intended for more mature audiences, therefore I felt it deserved a more mature plot.

Overall, I'd recommend 'Ted' to those who are looking for a relatively light-hearted story with a few giggles added in and a cursing, yet somehow still lovable, teddy bear. It's good, but nothing overly special.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

29 June 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Teddy Bear

Filming Locations:

Fenway Park - 4 Jersey Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$54,415,205, 1 July 2012

Gross USA:

$218,815,487

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$549,368,315

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Media Rights Capital (MRC), Fuzzy Door Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min 112 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1