Metascore 57
What was the limited opening of Dec 2?
Only 18 critics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/emancipation/critic-reviews
Movie looks very bad in trailer. Will’s over-acting is laughably bad. He should get razzi for it. Its looks like very expensive vanity project for Will Smith because he wanted awards. This is the only reason this movie exists. And it was very badly directed.
If anyone is too bored to watch the movie then this guy in his review basically retold whole movie till the end.
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/emancipation-movie-review-2022
according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, smith's slave accent is as accurate as any portrayed by a meryl streep of a david day lewis in other period piece drama movies