Other holiday releases

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

In this adaptation of a Jonathan Safran Foer novel, 13-year-old Thomas Horn isn’t merely “entirely convincing,” said The Hollywood Reporter. As his character hunts for a lock to match a key left behind by his father—a 9/11 victim—the novice outshines co-stars Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock. Opens Dec. 25 (limited)

We Bought a Zoo

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Matt Damon’s “affable lead turn” is the best thing that this “overlong” tale of uplift has going for it, said Variety. Damon plays a widower who moves his family from the city to a rundown animal park overseen by Scarlett Johansson. Unfortunately, director Cameron Crowe hasn’t given the supporting players much to do. Opens Dec. 23

Pina

Wim Wenders’s documentary “combines a haunting elegy for the avant-garde choreographer Pina Bausch” with “a wondrously surreal evocation” of the late artist’s work, said The Wall Street Journal. Wenders employs 3-D technology to groundbreaking effect, bringing “new immediacy to filmed dance.” Opens Dec. 23 (limited)