Ted 2
Against the odds of a stupid premise—a teddy bear named Ted (voiced by Seth MacFarlane, who also writes and directs) comes alive and grows up, along with the little boy who loves him (John, played by Mark Wahlberg), to be a foul-mouthed, womanizing pothead—the original Ted kind of worked. It maximized the contrast of ostensible cuteness with a willingness to go to outer extremes of depravity: There were impressive drug freak-outs, major comfort-zone violations, and, perhaps most memorably, a prostitute who shat on the floor. Unlike its predecessor, which wisely focused on no-they-didn't raunchiness, Ted 2 asks its audience to overlook a series of predictable and/or unfinished plotlines, culturally insensitive jokes, and a terribly timed "civil rights" narrative and experience an emotional reflex. Nope... nothing. Plus that's not nearly as fun as a teddy bear saying "motherfucker," and even that, apparently, is only funny once.
by Marjorie Skinner