Starting where it's predecessor left off, Ted 2 continues the bromantic friendship between John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) and his foul talking childhood teddy bear who grew up with him Ted (voiced by it's writer, producer and director Seth MacFarlane) as both enter a new phrase in their lives: marriage.
Unfortunately, John got divorced from his wife (played by Mila Kunis in the first movie), however Ted got married to his co-worker girlfriend in the supermarket Tami-Lynn (Jessica Barth) and that's where the dilemma of the second installment of the 2012 hit movie begins. Defying basic logic, the two wants to have a baby of their own but because of legal issues and common sense, they can't.
The beauty of Ted 2 is that it's creator Seth MacFarlane, known for his pushing the envelope political correctness type of humor is aiming for equality and justice for anyone as timely as today's headlines thru Ted and it works. As in all of his other works, Ted 2 is polarizing - those who loved the first movie will surely enjoy this even though some of the humor falls flat, example of which are a gay couple bullying some nerds which was repeated a couple of times without a dash of humor into it. Inspired cameos though save the day. I won't divulge who, but me along with the preview audience laughed so hard at this.
Mark Wahlberg is Boston comic perfection and Amanda Seyfried is a revelation in a role way different from the ones who saw. Ted 2 doesn't have the charm and curiosity factor of the first movie but just like John Bennett and Ted, we all mature and need some crassness and good old toilet humor along the way to enjoy life.
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