A hilarious and affectionate look at the path to stardom inside the competitive world of opera. Filmmakers Allie Light and Irving Saraf relegate the divas to the background and focus on a limelight-craving group of "choristers" -- the seldom-noticed singers who stand behind the soloists portraying peasants, soldiers and slaves.
In the Shadow of the Stars has generally received mixed reviews.
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In the Shadow of the Stars was released in 1991 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 5 reviews, giving In the Shadow of the Stars (1991) an average rating of 59%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 60%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with In the Shadow of the Stars than critics were.
With a score of 59%, In the Shadow of the Stars is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1991, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 1991 with similar scores include films like The Hard Way, Rock-A-Doodle and Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead.
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