Ted

Genre: Comedy/Fantasy // Running Time: 106 minutes // Release Date: June 29, 2012
Cast & Crew at IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1637725/

Overall Rating 8 out of 10

Synopsis: A young boy makes a wish that his new Christmas present, a teddy bear, will really come to life and talk to him and be his friend. Obviously, for the purposes of making a movie, that wish comes true, and the film follows the adventures of John (Mark Walberg) and Ted (voiced by Seth MacFarlane).

Basically, any movie that is made by the guy who makes Family Guy, and has a main character voiced by the guy who makes Family Guy, is going to seem pretty damn funny if you like, you guessed it, Family Guy. If you're one of those weirdos out there who doesn't "get" the humor of Family Guy, or finds it too crass, or too much like the Simpsons (it is), well first, stop reading my blog because we are no longer friends! And second, if you're still reading then I guess you're entitled to your own opinion.

This movie started out at a pretty high level of hilarity that I think would be tough to maintain for any movie, but they made a good effort in trying. I was laughing so hard through most of the movie that I had tears running down my face, but there were a few parts where the movie focuses in on the more serious stuff (romance, relationships, abduction, etc), and in those parts the movie seems to drag on just a little bit. However, that could also have been due to my high level of anticipation for what funny thing was coming up soon. I also couldn't get over the fact that you have the voices of Peter Griffin ("I do not sound like Peter Griffin"), Joe Swanson (Patrick Warburton) and Meg (Mila Kunis), but it's a live action movie and Meg is not ridiculed or ugly. Actually, I've watched so much Family Guy that it isn't until I see Mila Kunis that I remember her voice actually belongs to an attractive woman. MacFarlane also throws in Stewie & Quagmire's voices at one point I believe just to add to the Family Guy-esque experience.

Bottom line, the movie is pretty damn funny. I enjoyed it immensely. There's a ton of jokes, references, and random celebrity ridiculing for everyone to enjoy. And Giovanni Ribisi has a great show stealing role in this film and he is fantastic in it.