I didn't know very much about how Clarice Cliff's pottery became so famous so this was a nice place to find out some of what happened. Like most bio-pics (is it a bio-pic?) you have to accept that for movie making purposes details are left out, things are sped up, events happen in a different order. Some people and situations are taken out entirely.
But it was still a nice insight into Cliff's life and how she kept going with her ideas in spite of quite a lot of setback. The supporting cast are all good, particularly Clarice's mother and sister. Matthew Goode does another good turn as her boss, who in real life actually became her husband later down the line.
I loved the visuals of the incredibly bright patterns and colours of the pottery against the fairly drab surroundings of 1920s Stoke on Trent. You can imagine that for many people of the time Clarice Cliff's designs would have been seen as bizarre or controversial along with the fact that it was a woman and she wasn't taking no for an answer.
This film comes in under the two hour mark and goes along at a fair pace, though I did find the ending a little bit sudden. Very enjoyable little film.