The only thing he can’t really accomplish, as evidenced by Family Guy and his movie Ted, is put together a believable plot. In Ted, Mark Wahlberg plays John Bennett. John, when he was a little tyke, got a teddy bear for Christmas, names his bear Teddy and made a wish that Teddy could talk. The next morning, his wish came true, and John had his new best friend, his Thunder Buddy (turns out both John and Ted are afraid of Thunder).
Fast forward to a 35-year old John, who now gets high with Ted, who seems to be a terrible influence on John. John has been dating his girlfriend Lori (played by Mila Kunis) for four years and is clueless that she might want something more after all this time. He tries to change it around (over and over, actually), but keeps making the wrong decisions. He and MK kick Ted out, but John still hangs out with him nearly every day.
Ted pretty much plays like an episode of Family Guy. Man screws up repeatedly, makes an effort to change. Woman grows weary and gets mad. Man changes and all is well. Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis only seem to have a slight bit of chemistry together (actually, Wahlberg has more chemistry with Ted).
Ted has a few funny moments, but grows increasingly tiresome and even painfully so near the end, so I wouldn’t recommend it even in a second run cinema or when it comes out on DVD.
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