"Shadow Dancing" is a bizarre experience: a mystery/thriller/drama set in a "Flashdance"-like environment with an overacting Christopher Plummer doing the male lead. Aside from the unconventional storyline, the movie doesn't offer very much: the direction, the camera-work, the music - everything's just okay, nothing special. It's not bad either. The one and only reason that made me going for this was Nadine van der Velde, the pretty girl from "Critters" and "Munchies". She was a starlet in the 1980s whose career never hit off, and this was her only starring part before she left to become a writer. Her performance as the troubled dancer who delves into the mysterious story is highly convincing, and one wonders why she didn't have a bigger career as an actress. If you like pretty girls, if you are a Nadine van der Velde fan, try to get a tape. It's hard to get, though. 5 out of 10.
Review of Shadow Dancing
Shadow Dancing
(1988)
Nadine van der Velde's first and only starring role
22 June 2006
Warning: Spoilers