Ted movie review

I loved the first two seasons of Family Guy. I told people about it when it was canceled and purchased the DVD. I thought it was brilliant, subversive and funny as hell. When it was resurrected, I was excited, but ended up lukewarm about the newer episodes. There are some funny bits, but overall it’s not quite as funny/exciting as the show was in its initial run. So, it was with some trepidation, that I approached the movie Ted. I saw some funny scenes in the trailer, but worried that the concept wouldn’t carry for a full movie. Well, yes and no. The movie is fairly consistently funny for the entire movie, but there are some places where it limps along on a weak kidnapping storyline that looks like it was shoehorned in to make the picture long enough. Let’s check out what happened to Ted.

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