Metacritic Movie Ratings
Ted Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 88

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  The funniest movie character so far this year is a stuffed teddy bear. And the best comedy screenplay so far is Ted, the saga of the bear's friendship with a 35-year-old manchild.

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• 80

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthy

  Not too many films serve up laughs that just keep on rolling with regularity from beginning to end, but Seth MacFarlane's directorial debut does so and without any feeling of strain.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesBetsy Sharkey

  The comic targets run the gamut - race, religion, relationships, reality, etc. While nothing is sacred, the sacrilege comes with just enough sweetness to offset the salt.

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• 63

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  This bromance with rapid-fire quips, however, is undermined by unoriginal scenarios and a long, drawn-out chase scene.

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• 58

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  And yet. And yet, Gawd help me, the always surprising Mark Wahlberg throws himself into his thespian adventure with such radiant wacko energy, so full of Boston beans, that Ted is also kind of, well, impressively nuts.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Variety

  A predictably irreverent satire that's sweeter and, sadly, less funny than you might expect.

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• 40

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  The sin of Ted is not that it is offensive but that it is boring, lazy and wildly unoriginal. If Triumph the Insult Comic Dog ever got a hold of Ted, there would be nothing left but a pile of fluff and a few scraps of fur.

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• 40

  out of 100

  Village VoiceMelissa Anderson

  It's dispiriting enough to witness Kunis still waiting for a comic lead role worthy of her. But the usually nimble Wahlberg - who at least has one great moment rattling off "white-trash girls' names" - suffers the most, playing second fiddle to a knee-high Gund knockoff.

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• 40

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  Ted is often hilarious, sometimes sweet and, in the spirit of "Family Guy," consistently raunchy. Yet it's seriously overextended and, as the premise wears ever thinner, frantically overproduced.

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