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It's Been a Minute

Director Lauren Miller Rogen on 'Like Father'

It's Been a Minute

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4.68.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

It's Tuesday: writer and director Lauren Miller Rogen talks to Sam about her new Netflix film, "Like Father," starring Kristen Bell and Kelsey Grammer, caring for a parent with Alzheimer's disease, and working with her husband, Seth Rogen.

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0:00.0

Hey all from NPR, it's Ben-A-Minute, I'm Sam Sanders and today we're talking Netflix.

0:10.9

Namely a movie I recently saw on Netflix, it's called Like Father.

0:14.8

It was directed by Lauren Miller-Rogan.

0:17.1

I'm interviewing her in this episode.

0:19.5

So this movie, Like Father, it is a checklist of things I like a lot.

0:24.9

It stars Kristen Bell, the star of Frozen and the good place and a bunch of other good things.

0:29.7

It also stars Kelsey Grammer, aka Frazier.

0:33.1

They play this father and daughter duo who patch up a rough relationship with the help of

0:37.8

another thing I like, karaoke.

0:41.0

In this movie, most of it takes place on an actual cruise ship during an actual cruise.

0:46.7

Today I'm talking with Lauren Miller-Rogan who wrote and directed Like Father just for Netflix.

0:51.8

We talk about what it's like to work with two stars like Kristen and Kelsey.

0:54.8

We also talk about exactly how one makes a movie on a cruise ship during a cruise and

1:00.4

we get deep.

1:01.4

Lauren tells me how this movie channels a bit of her family life, namely her mother's early

1:05.7

onset Alzheimer's and how she's dealt with that.

1:08.5

I think you'll like this chat as much as I like the movie, as much as I like Frazier,

1:13.3

as much as I like singing Let It Go in the Spirit of Kristen Bell while in the shower.

1:17.7

Alright, here's me with Lauren Miller-Rogan, film director.

1:21.2

She came to chat with me in our studios in Culver City.

1:24.8

Hey, how are you?

1:29.8

Oh, good, hi.

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