Ted 2

The "offensive" jokes that pop up every once in a while in 'Ted 2' aren't social satire, or good gags, or even particularly vicious - they're a gimmick, taunting, trollery.

Being awful is still no substitute for being funny - but Seth MacFarlane's talking teddy bear sequel does manage some laughs anyway.

Ted 2 strains to be the synthesis of... what made MacFarlane famous and his deeper creative temperament, and there are moments when that tonal zigging and zagging works. But they are ultimately warring impulses.

Ted 2 confirms that Seth MacFarlane really is nowhere near as funny as he thinks.

Ted 2 is not entirely devoid of comic merit. But it is way off the pace set by its predecessor.

The disappointment of Ted 2 isn't that the jokes are offensive ... but that they're lame, tired and peculiarly humourless ...

Some may find the material serviceable, but Ted 2 further proves that sequels rarely ever stand up to their originals.

Fans of MacFarlane's style of humour will enjoy the frequent pop-culture segues... but it also recycles far too many ideas from Family Guy.

Has more very funny, very off colour jokes than most movies. Too bad they're concentrated in the first hour and not spread throughout.

Though anticipated and repetitious, creator Seth MacFarlane has mastered the indiscriminate tenor so well that the majority of gags elicit howls in spite of their tawdriness.