ry. Mcleod stated that the filming really "ramped up" in the final six months of production. The first scene shot during the production of Clean also happened to be the final job Pankhurst worked on, as she shortly after became ill and hospitalised. Pankhurst died before the film was released. The film was screened at the 70th Melbourne International Film Festival and the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Reception Critical response On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 100% based on 15 reviews. Critics generally gave the film positive reviews. However, criticism of the re-enactment scenes was consistent throughout many of the reviews. Cher Tang, in a review for The Guardian described the film as "shot plainly" without fanfare, although she also called the addition of re-enactments of events from Pankhurst's past an "unnecessary major misstep". In Variety, Jessica Kiang also described t he re-enactment scenes as unnecessary but noted Clean "remains an engaging, spirited film, designed less to provoke than to inspire". Fionnuala Halligan of Screen Daily considered the re-enactment scenes to be a negative in the film, calling them a "let down for a cast of characters who are so determinedly real". She wrote that the film though "not a complete film ... It's certainly a tribute to ". John Noonan of FilmInk gave the film a score of 17 out of 20, though while his review was overall positive, he too criticised the re-enactments, calling them "histrionic". David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter described the film as a "warm tribute to many lives", though he echoed the criticism of other critics in saying the film "could have done without the dramatic re-creations". He concluded by stating that Clean "is a remarkable character study with a final chapter that will leave you deeply moved". Stephen Rus sell from Time Out rated the film as "recommended", calling it a "fitting tribute to life well lived" and praising the director for "wisely strip