If you are easily offended, Ted is not the movie for you; but if you are not, it may be one of the funniest movies you will see in a long time.

Film Details Season: 5 July 2012

5 July 2012 Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane with cameos by Norah Jones, Tom Skerritt, Sam Jones

Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane with cameos by Norah Jones, Tom Skerritt, Sam Jones Director: Seth MacFarlane

Seth MacFarlane Classification: MA

MA Rating:

Fans of Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show are drawn to Seth MacFarlane's style of shock laughs and boundary pushing gags he delivers, and in his big screen debut as a writer, director and voice character of Ted, he doesn't disappoint.

CGI has come a long way since its clunky introduction to movies in the 70s, and the CGI work on the show-stealing character in this movie is so flawless that you will find yourself almost in tears during one of the touching scenes in the latter parts of the film, before the offensive comments return and you find yourself thinking once more 'did they really just say that?'.

Visual effects featured in the film were produced in Australia at the South Melbourne effects and animation company Iloura.

Mark Wahlberg plays John Bennett, a lost 30-something modern man, trapped in his teenage years, hell bent on squeezing the last few days of partying before he has to face the harsh reality of a serious relationship.

Mila Kunis is John's increasingly frustrated girl friend Lori Collins who is in the middle of the Thunder Buddies triangle.

Wondering when the teen may become a man, and forcing the issue with an ultimatum.

Seth MacFarlane steals the movie by providing the voice for the star of the show, Ted, who is a womanising, pot smoking, party crazed, foul mouthed teddy bear that has grown up with, and misled John since his creation.

Amidst the laughs and razor sharp one liners, Ted provides a great balance of heartfelt scenes, before launching you back into fits of laughter over the next round of obscenities.

It's a guilty pleasure that may find you repeating the lines many days into the future, and recalling scenes to laugh at well after the movie has finished.

Ted easily jumps the believability character hurdle from animation to real-life, with the innocence of the childhood friend only adding to the power of the acidic commentary that fall from his fur-lined lips.

It won't be long before there is a large contingency of Thunder Buddies hoping for a second serving of Ted.

The Ted story

John Bennett was the black sheep of the flock as a child - unpopular and an outsider - until a wish to make a teddy bear given to him as a childhood present come to life is granted.

Step forward about 30 years and Ted and John are still best of friends, with Ted evolving into a beer swilling, pot smoking, foul mouthed bear that drops one liners like they are loose change from an open wallet.

John and Ted spend their days getting high, getting drunk, hanging out and living the teenage male dream.

John passes his time in what seems to be a dead-end job at a car rental business, occasionally turning up to work when he can be bothered.

Mila Kunis is John's girlfriend who is on the rise in her white collar career, and wanting the take John along with her, if only he would leave the wild times and Ted behind.

What follows are a hilarious series of circumstances that see John become the pawn in an emotional struggle for attention and love as John is made to choose between his mischievous childhood friend and the love of his life.