Movie · 2015 · Comedy, Fantasy · 1h 55m · R · English
Curator score: 1.4/10 (635.1K ratings)
Thunder buddies for life.
Overview
Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law.
Ratings
Curator score: 1.4/10
IMDb: 6.3/10
Letterboxd: 2.84/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 45%
Metacritic: 48
TMDB: 6.3/10
Director
Seth MacFarlane
Production
Smart Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Fuzzy Door Productions, Bluegrass Films, MRC
Cast
Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried, Jessica Barth, Giovanni Ribisi, Morgan Freeman, Sam J. Jones, Patrick Warburton, Michael Dorn, Bill Smitrovich, John Slattery, Cocoa Brown, John Carroll Lynch, Ron Canada, Liam Neeson, Dennis Haysbert, Patrick Stewart, Tom Brady, Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel
Curator Review
Verdict
Ted 2 is a louder, messier sequel that mostly trades surprise for repetition, but it still has a few big laughs and a stronger comic turn from Amanda Seyfried. If you’re on board for crude, high-volume Seth MacFarlane humor, it delivers enough absurdity to pass the time; if you want a sequel with a real reason to exist, it’s a tougher sell.
Best for
fans of raunchy studio comedies
viewers who liked the first Ted and just want more of the same
people amused by celebrity cameos and pop-culture insult comedy
audiences who enjoy courtroom satire with a juvenile streak
Skip if
you dislike gross-out and offensive humor
you want a sequel that deepens the original instead of resetting it
Family Guy-style joke density wears you out quickly
you prefer character-driven comedy over riff-heavy chaos
Overview
Ted 2 is the kind of sequel that announces its own redundancy and then spends two hours trying to distract you from that fact. It’s cruder, broader, and more scattershot than the first film, but it also has a few sharper comic ideas, especially when it leans into the absurdity of a teddy bear fighting for legal personhood.
Worth noting
The movie works best as a showcase for pure joke delivery: fast insults, celebrity drop-ins, and a willingness to commit to stupidity with no shame. Amanda Seyfried is a welcome addition, giving the film a looser, more playful energy than the first movie’s romantic-comedy framework.
Bottom line
Still, the structure is flimsy, the running time feels inflated, and the film often mistakes escalation for invention. If you’re already allergic to MacFarlane’s style, this will feel like a very long sketch; if you’re receptive to it, there are enough laughs to justify the noise.
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Sulkin: "I have a great sequel idea for Ted!"
MacFarlane: "Great! I was running out of ideas for Family Guy so I'm down!"
Sulkin: "So I want to expand on the characters we knew from the first film."
MacFarlane: "That's perfect! We can continue working on the relationship between Wahlberg and Kunis."
Sulkin: "What? No! We can't have Kunis in the film, she is pregnant."
MacFarlane: "That would be perfect! The first movie was about Wahlberg needing to commit to… more Sulkin: "I have a great sequel idea for Ted!"
MacFarlane: "Great! I was running out of ideas for Family Guy so I'm down!"
Sulkin: "So I want to expand on the characters we knew from the first film."
MacFarlane: "That's perfect! We can continue working on the relationship between Wahlberg and Kunis."
Sulkin: "What? No! We can't have Kunis in the film, she is pregnant."
MacFarlane: "That would be perfect! The first movie was about Wahlberg needing to commit to… more
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2008 · Action, Comedy, Adventure · 1h 47m · R · Curator 5.8/10 (1.2M ratings) · Where to watch: Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, MGM Plus
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