Shadow Dancing is a 1988 thriller film directed by Lewis Furey and starring Nadine Van der Velde and Christopher Plummer.
[3] Isabel Vincent of The Globe and Mail reviewed the film negatively, writing that "Besides an incredibly weird and awkward plot that has Van Der Velde stumbling through two totally disparate characters and time sequences followed by a parrot, the film lacks energy and that redeeming quality: good dance.
Osborne is cast in a bland role and turns in a clumsy performance as a hip Toronto choreographer infatuated with the spirit of La Nuit.
"[3] Allyson Latta of the Ottawa Citizen described the film as a cross between Fame and The Phantom of the Opera "with a touch of Raising Arizona thrown in for the baby-boomers in the audience", but ultimately concluded that "despite moments of promise, Shadow Dancing's obsession with chasing shadows of multiple genres prevents it from developing a character of its own.
"[4] Fred Haeseker of the Calgary Herald wrote that "The mouldy story and the bad acting aren't compensated for in the music or the dancing, neither of which is memorable enough to linger beyond the movie's end.