Sundance Movie Review: Portman, Ortega, Zeta-Jones Rule 'Gallerist'

The Gallerist Is Not For All Tastes

Natalie Portman and Jenna Ortega go over the top in Cathy Yan’s art world satire ‘The Gallerist.’ It’s probably not for all tastes, but what can I say? I found myself charmed and fully invested in it.

Sundance movie review: Portman, Ortega, Zeta-Jones rule 'Gallerist'

"The Gallerist," which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, is a gripping comic thriller about murder and modern art contained in one gallery.

‘The Gallerist’ Review: Natalie Portman Takes Cheap Shots at the Art World in a Schematic, Unfunny Satire

A soul-suckingly schematic satire that takes cheap shots at the art world but is mostly about how many floating camera shots and Dutch angles it can shove into a single movie, Cathy Yan‘s “The Gallerist” is her first feature since the zany 2020 DC entry “Birds of Prey.” That, in turn, was her first feature since her exciting portmanteau of a Shanghai-set epic, “Dead Pigs,” put her on the cinematic map in 2018. Enter her third film to quibble wit…