The Reel Rejects - TED 2 (2015) MOVIE REVIEW – EVEN MORE UNHINGED!! – FIRST TIME WATCHING

Episode Date: January 23, 2026

DOES TED HAVE A SOUL??? Ted 2 Full Movie Reaction Watch Along:   / thereelrejects   TED (2012) Movie Reaction:    • TED (2012) MOVIE REACTION –WE DIDN’T EXPEC...   Gift Someone (Or Yourself) An RR Tee! https://shorturl.at/hekk2 After catching up with the original film, Greg, John, & Jon are BACK for more raunchy madness as they give their Ted 2 Reaction, Recap, Analysis, Breakdown, Commentary, & Spoiler Review!! Greg Alba, John Humphrey, & Jon Maturan react to Ted 2 (2015), the outrageous comedy sequel written and directed by Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy, A Million Ways to Die in the West). Picking up years after the original film, Ted 2 doubles down on absurd humor while surprisingly shifting into a satirical courtroom drama about civil rights, identity, and what it truly means to be a “person.” The story follows Ted (voiced by Seth MacFarlane – Family Guy, American Dad!) after he marries his longtime girlfriend Tami-Lynn (Jessica Barth – Ted, The Haunting of Molly Hartley), only to face a legal crisis when he’s ruled property rather than a person and stripped of his basic rights. His best friend John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg – The Departed, Lone Survivor) steps in to help, alongside young lawyer Samantha Leslie Jackson (Amanda Seyfried – Mamma Mia!, Les Misérables), whose pop-culture obsession becomes central to Ted’s legal defense. The film is packed with hilarious & infamous moments, including the Comic-Con courtroom showdown, Ted’s brutal roast of John’s maturity, the wild fertility subplot, and the over-the-top climax involving corporate villain Donny (Giovanni Ribisi – Avatar, Saving Private Ryan). With celebrity cameos, no-holds-barred jokes, and a surprisingly earnest emotional core, Ted 2 leans into both satire and shock value in ways that set it apart from the original. While more divisive than its predecessor, Ted 2 remains a bold sequel that blends raunchy comedy with social commentary, proving Seth MacFarlane’s talking teddy bear still has plenty to say—loudly. Follow Jon Maturan: https://www.instagram.com/jonmaturan/?hl=en Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/  Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en Twitter: https://x.com/reelrejects Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ Music Used In Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Well, wow. That was an experience. It was an Odyssey. I want to just before we talk about anything i want to know how long the theatrical cut is okay so interesting it's like 10 minutes shorter right that's a long movie that's a long movie for a comedy yes like this and yeah that's crazy but man it was still funny yeah yeah it was like in the last like more to 30 maybe because

the day we're having or something but it's like 30 to 40 minutes i was like wow there's a lot more movie left but it's just also funny at the same time it's like kind of an interesting experience yeah it's definitely one where I've I felt the run time because like an hour in I thought the movie was about to end and I was like oh there's a whole other hour here but uh at the same time yeah it kept me laughing yeah definitely that's what counts most with the comedy man that was that was that was wild yeah that was wild what did you think what'd you think uh what you think tell us tell us your thoughts yeah uh first impression I'm going to be honest.

I think I like the first one better, mainly because... What? How? Break it down in great detail. Oh, good Lord. I appreciated the heart on the first one. This seemed like a lot of the... They just spent a lot of time on the bits, right?

Like, it was bit after bit. And, like, as much as I appreciate, like, the existential kind of serious argument this movie has, Yeah, the heart felt stuff from the last movie And it's concentration between like the relationship and growing up I don't know That one left a better impression Well, what about this movie just on its own though

Let's say we're not like worried about comparing it Sure, no, this movie is Leans more on the ridiculous fun and ridiculous kind of I guess from joke to joke to joke otherwise um yeah i again as much as this sounds uh crazy to to talk about as a talking point about like this comedy it is a very existentially um deep dive uh when it comes into like what what do you consider it as a human being or whatever so as much i i was like are we going to have this argument with ai eventually i don't like i don't know but otherwise i had a ton of fun yeah

I think Amanda Seifrey, like, great addition to the cast. Cool that it takes place in Comic-Con. So kind of my nerd heart was like warm for that. But otherwise, yeah, I still had a ton of fun. I like the fact that they did another car chase. And Giovanni Rubisi just leans into the role. So that's, again, overall fun movie for sure. Hell yeah.

I know you have thoughts. overall fun. No, I actually don't, I'm not sitting here like with a dissertation. The whole time it's like, I can't tell if John likes this movie or not. I definitely enjoyed watching it. And it's like there's stuff about it that I appreciate the audacity. It's like I think this movie I appreciate more in context, more in theory than I do it entirely in execution. But at the same time, I had a lot of fun with the execution.

I think that, yeah, the first. movie, even though we watched the unrated cut, and even though that was like an hour and 50 minutes or something like that, it flew by a little more than this one, but at the same time, while the first movie is maybe a little more streamlined and a little more

fluidly dynamic, I guess I would say. The second movie is like trying to do way more, and it's, I especially appreciate when you create very, when you blend very serious context with very silly context, I like that. So, like, you know, I like that this movie is reaching for, you know, the debate about Ted's humanity or not.

And I like that part of the comedy is people doing really good dramatic work on screen. Like, it's weird. Like, this movie I watch it, I'm like, damn, everyone really showed up to this. And, like, clearly there's a lot of chutzpah. People are excited to make this movie. and there's a lot of ways in which for a TED sequel this did a better job justifying its own internal existence

than I would have expected but it is like way more unwieldy and you know it's I definitely felt the runtime even if I was entertained throughout so yeah it's an interesting one it's you know it runs

but Ted had to walk so Ted 2 could run I guess and Ted 2 runs all of us freaking place and at a certain point it does start to feel like you're in a drug-hased dream of some kind. Yeah. There's a lot of stuff flying at you, but I had a good time.

I agree. Yeah, it's like that. When they did the opening moment with Tammy and Ted, and they're fighting with each other, and it's all, like, crazy handheld. It was, like, so funny because it's, like the absurdity of, like, a woman married to this teddy bear. They're having the most realistic, like, domestic violence of argument with each other.

of this one scene. Yeah, it was hilarious. And then the movie starts to like, I was like, oh, I think that was like a genuine tone setter for this movie. Because it started making me wonder about like Seth MacFarlane's true intention with like coming back. Like was it like, no, I didn't want to do this unless I actually had a story to tell. And you wouldn't think that with like the TED world or the TED movies, you know? You watch the first one, and it's a great, I love that first one, man. That was amazing.

And it's tight, it's heartfelt. And, you know, it's like, it goes through, like, the beat sheets that you expect the movie to go through. Definitely. And it nails it, though. Like, it's a solid, solid-ass comedy. And then this one, it seemed like it was purpose trivial. Like, what do you want it to do? However, sometimes when comedy sequels decide to take some.

weird route or a comedy movie or a comedy director is like oh i'm known for comedy but i actually have something i want to say and then they really lean on like the drama and then they seem like the comedy's just there because they have to put in comedy and you feel like the comedy's not sincere or truly heartfelt that's like the weirdest part about this movie is the comedy when it's there is so like sincere it's so a big part of like they really want to do the comedy and then when they want to do like a serious argument or dramatic point like wow they're really like slowing the movie down to make this like super dramatic point that seems like it would conflict and if anything it just battles with the pacing of the movie like a lengthy film and a lengthy comedy is not a problem like you know the judd appetow movies back in the day we're like

if anything this is kind of like that in the sense of like poor dail virgin knocked up our our long movies. You know, they're two hours plus, I believe. And funny people's my favorite one of his. And that's one

that's like dramatic and funny, but that's like a dromody, like a straight up dromedy. It's on a sequel to an absurd movie about Teddy Baron and his guy pot head buddy, you know?

And so, yeah, like, I was just so fascinated by what I was watching this the whole time. Because the first hour, I was like, hey, you know,

this actually pretty great to me. It's zigzags and it's, it has surprise moments. But then, yeah, after the courtroom scene, that's when the pacing of it was odd. But sometimes a pacing can be so bad that it just stops being funny overall or stops being interesting or you're just bored. And if anything, I was just finding myself getting like a little bit of restless leg syndrome, like internally of some of the experience. Because, yeah, it stayed like every scene just ended up just being like, even right down to the obvious thing that Mark Wahlberg was faking his death.

I'm really committed to the drama here. Yes. Man, to see for his, is like crying her eyes out. And then it just, that it does become really funny, you know?

And it's like, wow, they really paid off that like 10 minutes of drama. Yeah. For like a funny moment. We're a fun hospital here. Yeah. That's so funny that.

That was such a... Yeah. So, I mean, it did a... It did something that I feel like a lot of comedies are not actually able to succeed at. So I like,

I actually really appreciated the movie whilst also being, I know we're like harping on this one thing, but that is like the one hindrance with the film, is that it does affect the, it does affect the pacing and energy of the experience, you know? But again, like there's, I could see why there's like clips of this movie that go around and are still like so fucking huge.

Oh, definitely. This movie kind of feels like designed out. Like, I love the improv bit scene. I love the string of the laptop scene. Yeah. It's like I, but I guess with the drama, a lot of the drama stuff I thought was like surprising

but I never I didn't I don't want to say never I think a lot of it was like I appreciate this but I'm not necessarily in love with it you know I'm not necessarily like moved by it and that was the part of it and at the same time I'm like was it meant to just be

dramatic or was it that thing when they're writing it that they think it's really funny because they're taking this situation about a teddy bear so seriously Yeah, I mean, I like that they are able to, like, and part of what's cool about Seth MacFarland's direction is that I think there's a stereotype about a lot of comedy movies. They're like visually kind of flat or whatever or that they, you know, don't prioritize the visual palette and stuff like that. But he's got like a very, you know, elegant grip on, you know, fluid motion and then he knows when to put in like handheld stuff. like Sutherland seems like he's got some like cinematic chops. There's some fun humor to be had in terms of like film styling from like the get-go with this movie.

And I think it's one of those weird things where like this movie has so much, it's like quite ambitious in one sense because it is like a, again, a comedy, but it's going to do like a legitimate car chase and we have a CG element in almost every frame of this movie. Like there's a lot of filmmaking they have to be able to do. And so like there's a weird It's like it's oddly impressive on the one hand of just the level of commitment to doing stuff in camera and to making this silliness come to life And there's like an odd kind of striking nature to how this movie wants to have something on its mind I think the real Maybe clincher would have been if this was actually a deep movie Like that would like create a whole other conversation and as it stands

I mean like I appreciate what the movie has on its mind and I appreciate it. that at times it feels like they really sat down and were like, if we had to argue this silly thing, what would we actually have to do? At the same time, you know, they are arguing, you know, precariously close to, you know, real history with real stakes. And I'm not going to, you know, say we shouldn't joke about these things or whatever.

But, you know, when your themes are all about, you know, like personhood and people as property and stuff like, that's just kind of like an interesting place to go. And I mean, you know, the movie has its heart in the right place and it winds up in a nice spot. But I feel like, I don't know if this, yeah, if this was like surprisingly profound and wicked silly and all that other stuff, maybe it would have been overall better. Yeah, I think it was really aiming to achieve being like a strong social satire. True.

But I don't see myself like really in the future strongly remembering like the specifics of that stuff outside of like the point they're making. It's not super specific. Right, right. This is three movies, few. together. No, it's a lot of different movies. Like the first movie is about trying to have a baby. The second movie is about going to court. And then the third movie

is a road trip movie that somehow ends up at Comic Con. Yeah. Like, it's a lot of different movies. But the cutaway bits are funny and every, I think almost every scene, there wasn't one scene that we watched that I did. I don't think

there was a laughter that came from me. I know that for sure. I think every scene had something. that was actually funny. I don't recall one scene that was like they should just cut this whole thing out. You know? So outside of like

the one scene I would say is the one where Giovanni Rubizi goes to explain the whole thing. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. But that's like not intended to be funny. It's intended to be like dramatic stake plot points. Yes, this is a plot point.

Yeah, yeah. All we need is to make it clear. Yeah, because it wanted to like grounded itself more and have this more like grittier vibe sometimes or but and that's a hard thing the hard line to fry it so i appreciate the ambition a lot and yeah it was a really funny movie and honestly and i heard i heard the show's really good but i'd still be down for a ted three i would still really much like i'm curious that where they would take it for sure and like like you said the comedy is such there it leans on the bits so much that that's i make sense why a lot of the a lot of people

remembering it and leading it to social media clips or whatever. They're like bite-sized chunks that could live on its own for sure. Yeah, the first one, it feels personal. This feels like, again, like you said, three movies and one. So that's why I felt a little conflicted.

I enjoyed every single part of it in the fact that it was really funny. But it did feel like a little all over the place. It's like the first movie is doing something very simple And it's doing it with a big amount of heart Yeah And this movie is doing something more interesting

But it's like way more all over the place In terms of where and when it applies actual heart And it does have some But I feel like it's the jumble And you know there's like a Not that I would subtract all of it Because obviously a lot of it is funny But you know it's this this movie is like

Chunks of movies then scattered Between just like a medley of a million bits Right This feels like you're wandering through an overgrown, but very beautiful, fun garden of some kind. Definitely. You know. I did appreciate a lot of the homage.

Like breakfast club, right? They do Jurassic Park or anything. So, yeah, I mean, those are really, again, these really cool things, these cool ideas. Otherwise, like, I could still appreciate it, again, through, like, a social media clip. And then putting it in a movie altogether, it does feel

again why I feel it's a little jumbled but it's not like it's not terrible by any means no I like I genuinely like the movie I do I genuinely like the movie I like the I'll take an overachiever who doesn't quite nail it over like a million of the same lazy comedy

swung for the fence this easily could have just been like do the same movie again just do a bunch of callback jokes and shit and I appreciate that even when they do did do a callback joke. They managed to make it funny. Yeah, absolutely.

There are a few throughout this. I'm naming the store after. You're like, okay, you know, he's going to say something. He's not going to get fired. Yeah. He's waiting for it. Like, you're waiting for the, like, the punchline's going to be that he's going to approve of his behavior and level him up in some way.

And that's like the last thing you're excited. Yeah, yeah, right. How is he going to do it? Is he going to promote? Is he on the company? No. We're just going to. That was really funny.

Yeah, moments of inspiration. And the Liam Neeson bit was like the one I've definitely seen. And I love that bit. Yeah, I had a really good time with this one, man. At the end of the day, it still feels like a Seth MacFarlane, like a family guy episode that's elongated. Again, which is not a bad thing. This is where it's like, first one, great episode of family guy.

Second one, good episode of family guy. It's still, again, because I'm a, personally, I'm a fan of family guy in Seth MacFarland. Again, not bad. It's just one over the other to a certain degree and one's trying another. I feel like I just watched six episodes of Family Guy. Yeah. Right. Yeah.

Because, like, yeah, I mean, Family Guy even had that one bottle episode when they're locked, where it was Stoley. Oh, yes. In a bank vault. Yeah, the bank fault. And that gets extremely emotional. Yes. But that's like, like, 30 minutes or something. Like, it's not that long.

Right, right, right. And that's like wacky and shit, but then it gets like very emotional. And perhaps this one just kind of, maybe a 10 minute. Okay, we watched the unrated version. And genuinely, I couldn't tell like what moment would be like possibly deleted, actually. So maybe that 10 minutes does make a big difference in the overall experience. You know, so, but we're judging this off the unrated version that we watched. And, you know, they probably let Seth McFarland kind of go wild with this one.

Where they're just like, here, you made a shit ton of money for us last time. go do your thing and then you know he didn't have anyone to like help reel in the screenplay it's like a low B, blank check movie. Yeah. It's like we're looking at the budget. It was like for a comedy movie it's almost $70 million

back in 20, freaking 15. That's a lot of comedies are never produced for that much anymore. Communies are barely even produced so it's like $70 million for a comedy is a lot of money to throw down. And I imagine too because you want Ted to be like real, unbelievable, and all these freaking celebrity cameos

and stuff. So, yeah, it's like, apparently it didn't make enough money. The music, even the music number, that's a big production to a certain. I mean, that's not costly by any means, but, like, yeah, we didn't have that in the first one, so. Oh, yeah. John looked up, naked gun reboot is $42 million. And yeah, that was a great. That's a great

freaking movie. I want to see it. Did it make money? Can you look up for me money? Oh, sure. We'll have you react to it one day, John. Because, well, because that was the thing is when that movie came out, everyone was like, oh, my God, they made a honest to goodness comedy that they put in theaters. Yes. Which I, you know. Yeah, that was a truly funny movie.

Moderate. Oh, it just only made about 50 million. I mean, it's a harder sell for people. And the trailers weren't like amazing. Yeah. But yeah, that movie was actually really impressive. That was, yeah, really fun. Anyway, guys, yeah, I'm glad we could do these 10 movies.

That was fun. I'm letting you know we all have plans to do the show. Thank you so much, though, for being here. Appreciate it very much. I'm glad we did. All right. We'll see you guys. Peace.

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