Top 10 films of the week

1. The Company Men | Rating: * * * *

A thoughtful study on the impact of the economic slump on the downsizing class, Ben Affleck and Tommy Lee Jones play characters forced to battle the toll that unemployment takes on their egos, libidos and social standing.

2. Animal Kingdom | Rating: * * * *

There’s enough in Animal Kingdom, David Michôd’s febrile tale of a Melbourne crime family, for a whole miniseries’ worth of sweat and apprehension. He packs a lot in – it’s a writing-directing debut with a thousand ideas and no intention of saving them for later.

3. Fair Game | Rating: * * *

A conspiracy thriller directed by Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity; Swingers), this CIA drama snoops in on the immediate weeks post-9/11, recounting real-life events as agent Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts) is assigned to gaining access to the experts on Iraq's nuclear weapons program.

4. Norwegian Wood | Rating: * * *

A brave attempt to bring Haruki Murakami's 1987 novel to the big screen. The focus on the eroticism and loneliness of central characters Toru Watanabe and Naoko (Rinko Kikuchi) is visually beautiful, but often this Tokyo-set coming of age drama comes across as a mere summary of the book.

5. The Adjustment Bureau | Rating: * * *

The rise and fall of New York politician David Norris, played by Matt Damon, sees romantic drama, political thriller and sci-fi glazed metaphysics collide. An adaptation of a Philip K Dick short story that works.

6. True Grit | Rating: * * *

Gruff, growling Jeff Bridges is Rooster Cogburn – the role that marked the climax of John Wayne’s career – in a Coen brothers reworking.

7. West is West | Rating: * * *

Teenager Sajid swears, he steals, he becomes a tearaway. The only solution, according to his dad, is to send him home to Pakistan for a dose of decent values. West is West is full of delights: Peter Robertson’s airy cinematography is casually gorgeous, the Hindi film songs on the soundtrack are delightful, and the acting consistently top-notch.

8. Justin Bieber: Never Say Never 3D | Rating: * * *

If Justin Bieber's 3D hand coming out of the screen towards you doesn't draw you in, the young star's fascinating story just might.

9. The Resident | Rating: * *

Single White Female meets Hammer horror in this sleek, if ultimately silly, story of a New York medic stalked by her landlord.

10. Hall Pass | Rating: No stars

Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis are given a week off marriage in a film so hideous, so embarrassing, it should be enough to kill off the career of the Farrelly Broth ers.

According to http://www.telegraph.co.uk