It almost goes without saying, but Ted isn’t for everyone: it’s lewd, crude and rape-joke rude, as happy with the cheap shots as it is with nudging the narrative onward.
But if you’ve already bought into the type of off-centre world that MacFarlane’s conjured before, you’ll enjoy seeing that world fleshed out and – when it comes to the crunch – made surprisingly cuddly.
TNS: "The Substance is a body horror film that risks turning away an audience for some of the best bloodiest scenes in recent memory."
In case this needs to be stated explicitly, this contains huge spoilers for Joker: Folie à Deux and the film's ending.
Oh no, Joker: Folie à Deux! Look at how they massacred my boy.
