Will Smith Reveals What Rihanna REALLY Thinks of His New Movie

Sounds like Rihanna is an aspiring movie critic.

The euphony superstar attended a special screening of the caller movie Emancipation past period with fellow A$AP Rocky, Tyler Perry, Dave Chappelle and more stars. And starring antheral Will Smith exclusively shared what the "Lift Me Up" vocalist truly thought of the movie connected the Dec. 1 occurrence of E! News (airing contiguous astatine 11:30 p.m.).

"Rihanna loved the cinematography," the histrion told E! News' main correspondent Keltie Knight astatine the film's Nov. 30 premiere. "She could not get implicit the look of the movie and however it felt."

And according to the 54-year-old, helium didn't person to fuss asking the remainder of his guests what they thought of the movie, arsenic helium heard their reactions passim the screening.

"The happening that's large with Black radical is they speech to the surface the full time, truthful you don't person to inquire people's opinion," helium joked. "So, I didn't person to inquire anybody's sentiment from the room."

"I consciousness similar a batch of the patterns are starting to repetition themselves successful America and the satellite today," Will shared. "So, successful presumption of the timing, it felt similar it was clip for a reminder that we not spell down immoderate of the aforesaid paths."

He and manager Antoine Fuqua worked hard to relay that connection successful hopes that the movie "was thing that you wouldn't conscionable hide erstwhile you walked retired of the theater," Will said.

"I deliberation that level of affectional face is important," helium continued, "to beryllium capable to cultivate compassion and empathy for 1 another."

Hear much from Will and today's amusement stories connected E! News tonight astatine 11:30 p.m. connected E!.

Emancipation premieres successful prime theaters Dec. 2 and connected Apple TV+ Dec. 9.