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The Colour Room

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• Drama

• 2021
• Claire McCarthy
• 112 mins
• PG

Summary

Period drama telling the story of Clarice Cliff, who broke the glass ceiling and helped revolutionise the workplace in the 20th century. Clarice is a vivacious young factory worker in the industrial British midlands of the 1920s. Bursting with ideas for colours and shapes, she takes more and more dangerous risks, but manages to stay one step ahead of the workhouse and impress eccentric factory owner Colley Shorter with her talent and innovation. Starring Phoebe Dynevor, Matthew Goode and David Morrissey

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Emma Simmonds

Bridgerton's Phoebe Dynevor stars in this safe but engaging biopic about English ceramicist Clarice Cliff, a bright spark who races through the ranks at the AJ Wilkinson factory in Burslem in the early 1900s. Matthew Goode lends solid support as her enraptured employer, while David Morrissey is her kind but curmudgeonly mentor. With an abundance of charisma, Dynevor captures Cliff's trailblazing artist energy and resilience to sexist stumbling blocks, but director Claire McCarthy and writer Claire Peate condense her rise into rather shallow film tropes. There are some suitably attractive touches, though, such as Cliff's joy when she first gains access to the titular storeroom and begins to experiment with colour. And the freshness of her designs really comes across. On the whole, though, The Colour Room lacks the guts and visual enterprise to do real justice to its irrepressible innovator.

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6.8/10

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Credits

Cast

rolenameClarice CliffPhoebe DynevorColley ShorterMatthew GoodeAnnie ShorterRachel ShentonFred RidgewayDavid MorrisseyClarice's mother, AnnKerry FoxClarice's sister, DotDarci Shaw

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rolenameDirectorClaire McCarthy

Details

Released on

2021-11-12

Languages

English

Formats

Colour

News & features about The Colour Room

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  The Colour Room release date speculation: Cast and latest news on Sky film
  
  Phoebe Dynevor has been cast as the famous Clarice Cliff.

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  Bridgerton and A Discovery of Witches stars lead cast of new Sky movie
  
  Phoebe Dynevor and Matthew Goode to star in Sky Original film The Colour Room.

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