Michelle Rodriguez and Sigourney Weaver stun as they match in flowy trousers for New York screening of The Assignment

Published: 04:48 BST, 4 April 2017 | Updated: 07:46 BST, 4 April 2017

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It's already attracting criticism, but Michelle Rodriguez and Sigourney Weaver were all smiles at a screening of their new movie The Assignment.

Michelle looked sexy in a sparkly off-the-shoulder top with subtle mesh paneling as she arrived at the screening at the Whitby Hotel in New York City on Monday.

The Furious 7 star wore the figure-hugging top tucked into a pair of high-waisted black pants.

Special assignment: Sigourney Weaver and Michelle Rodriguez attended a screening for their new movie, The Assignment, in New York City on Monday

She carried a small black clutch and wore her long raven-colored hair in loose waves.

The 38-year-old actress kept her makeup natural, and accessorized her look with a pair of diamond earrings.

Meanwhile, Sigourney looked elegant in a white blazer, cinched in at the waist with a black leather belt.

Shining star: The Furious 7 actress looked sexy in a sparkling off-the-shoulder top with mesh paneling and long black pants

White hot: The Alien actress looked elegant in a white blazer with a black leather belt cinching in her waist

Team photo: The actresses were joined by (L-R) movie executive Jonathan Saba, writer Denis Hamill and director Walter Hill

The 67-year-old actress wore a black satin camisole underneath and also opted for long black pants.

And the statuesque beauty looked even taller in a pair of closed-in black high heels.

She also wore dangly drop earrings, and wore her bobbed brown hair in loose curls.

The film is about a hitman named Frank Kitchen, who wakes up in the body of a woman after killing the brother of a deranged surgeon, who captures him and gives him gender reassignment surgery.

Still smiling: Despite the film having attracted criticism from the transgender community, Michelle appeared happy at the screening

Showing support: The actresses were happy to stand by the film's director, Walter Hill, after critics slammed the movie

Ageless beauty: At 67, the Alien actress is still stunning, appearing years younger than her actual age

The movie drew criticism from the transgender community after the first trailer was released in September.

Critics claim The Assignment trivializes issues faced by the transgender community, while also sensationalizing the topic.

But Michelle - who plays Frank in the film - was quick to defend her latest project.

'I'm bisexual. I do guys. I do girls. You can't really argue with me because I'm you,' she told Reuters in September. 'So if I do a movie, I'd never do a movie with the intention of offending anybody in the LGBT community because I'm a part of it.'

Fighting back: 'I'd never do a movie with the intention of offending anybody in the LGBT community because I'm a part of it,' Michelle said after the film was faced with criticism