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The Night We Never Met
The Night We Never Met
Directed by	Warren Leight
Written by	Warren Leight
Produced by	Michael Peyser
Starring	Matthew Broderick; Annabella Sciorra; Kevin Anderson; Jeanne Tripplehorn; Justine Bateman;
Cinematography	John Thomas
Edited by	Camilla Toniolo
Music by	Evan Lurie
Distributed by	Miramax Films
Release date	April 30, 1993;
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$8 million
Box office	$1.9 million (US)

The Night We Never Met is a 1993 American romantic comedy film directed by Warren Leight.^[3] The film stars Matthew Broderick, Annabella Sciorra and Kevin Anderson.^[3]

Plot summary

Upset with his current living arrangements, Sam rotates occupancy of a flat with slob Brian and painter Ellen. Each of them gets the apartment to themselves two days each week. Sam and Ellen never see each other, they just leave notes. When Sam and Brian swap their schedules without telling Ellen, she mistakenly believes Brian is the one she's falling in love with.

Cast

Matthew Broderick as Sam Lester^[4]
Annabella Sciorra as Ellen Holder
Kevin Anderson as Brian McVeigh
Jeanne Tripplehorn as Pastel
Justine Bateman as Janet Beehan
Michael Mantel as Aaron Holder
Christine Baranski as Lucy
Doris Roberts and Dominic Chianese as Nosy Neighbors
Tim Guinee as Kenneth
Bradley White as Todd
Greg Germann as Eddie
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson as Inga
Louise Lasser as Mrs. Winkley
Billy Campbell as Shep
Michelle Hurst as Leslie
Lewis Black as Marty Holder
Ranjit Chowdhry as Cabbie
Naomi Campbell as French Cheese Shopper
Richard Poe as Bartender
Katharine Houghton as Less/More Cheese Lady
David Slavin as Chuck Barber
Brooke Smith as Catha
Bitty Schram as Pharmacy Clerk
Billy Strong as Doorman
Catherine Lloyd Burns as Deli Customer
Michael Mastrototaro as Triple Creme Cheese Shopper
Michael Imperioli and Suzanne Dottino as Dry Cleaning Customers
Jose Evelio Alveraz as "My name is Eduardo"
Paul Guilfoyle as Sparrow's Nest Salesman
Davidson Thomson as Foreign Film Actor
Kathryn Rossetter as "Excuse Me" Shopper
Mary B. McCann as Yogurt Eating Date
Steven Goldstein as 3rd Cheese Man
Suzanne Lanza as Shep's New Date
Garry Shandling as Dental Patient

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 56% of nine surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 4.8/10.^[5] Lawrence Cohn of Variety wrote, "A quintessential New York movie, The Night We Never Met takes a novel premise and develops it in fits and starts."^[6] Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote, "The Night We Never Met is never lifelike enough to evoke the madly romantic New York atmosphere it seems to be after. The actors try hard, but they are hamstrung by too many broad strokes and silly inconsistencies."^[7]