Ted: Count Me Among the Haters
Jackie K. Cooper
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Posted 09.02.2012
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Entertainment
Ted is a movie you will either love or hate. Mark me down as one of the haters. I didn't laugh; I wasn't charmed.
Ted is a movie you will either love or hate. Mark me down as one of the haters. I didn't laugh; I wasn't charmed.
According to the weekend box office report, there's a good chance that you saw Ted. Or, perhaps you saw Magic Mike or the new Madea movie. But most of you saw Ted. It's Monday morning, which means it's time for me to ask a spoiler-ish question about this past weekend's biggest box office hit. So, this week, it's a question about Ted. And to still be hung up on a question about the finer plot points of Ted seems foolish, considering that it's a movie about a talking teddy bear. Still, that doesn't mean that there's not still one lingering question...
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