Natalie Portman and Jenna Ortega's comic thriller hailed an "absolute delight" is coming to Netflix

The Gallerist, a new Netflix movie hailed as an "absolute delight", is coming to Netflix very soon. Starring Natalie Portman and Jenna Ortega, the film is releasing in cinemas in the US on 4 December, and will be available to stream on the same day in other territories including the UK, Canada and Australia.

Directed by Cathy Yan, famed for Birds of Prey, the comic thriller is set in the art fair Art Basel Miami, with Portman playing driven gallery owner Polina Polinski as she desperately tries to stay a part of an elite echelon of society.

The movie shows Polina post a tumultuous break-up from her wealthy ex, played by Sterling K Brown.

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But it's not only Polina's personal life that is in strife. She is also in huge financial trouble with her art business and is desperately relying on the solo show by artist Stella Burgess.

When an influencer tragically dies in her gallery, Polina and her assistant Kiki (played by Jenna Ortega) darkly decide to present the body as the main attraction of the solo show. But their attempt at being controversial leads to devastating circumstances.

Cathy Yan co-wrote the film alongside James Pederson, and Portman jumped on the project as a producer.

Wednesday fans will get another treat in the form as a reunion, as Ortega's co-star Catherine Zeta-Jones, who played Morticia Addams in the Netflix series, also stars in The Gallerist.

The star-studded cast also includes Charli XCX as the dead influencer's girlfriend, alongside Zach Galifianakis, Daniel Brühl, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph.

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The film premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, receiving mixed reviews from critics. It has a 54% score on Rotten Tomatoes from 39 reviews at the time of writing.

UPI wrote: "Watching these three women scheme to get away with murder (or technically manslaughter), and in the process make a sale, is an absolute delight."

"I found myself charmed and fully invested in it. The film’s poppy vibrancy, its mood of absurdist anguish, its sheer velocity won me over," Vulture commented, while The Wrap called it "far-fetched and diabolical".

The Gallerist will be available to stream on Netflix in the UK from 4 December, and in US cinemas on the same day.

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