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[missdaredevil]

slice of life

realistic portrayal of life: a realistic portrayal of life, especially a harsh or unpleasant life, *e.g. in literature or a movie*

Usually movies aren't realistic, is it talking about books or movies that are different from norm?

Thanks

[Harmony]

It depends on which movies you watch! Many movies and books portray realistic events.

Here's some more information:

A slice of life is an idiomatic expression.

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/slice+of+life - An episode of actual experience represented realistically and with little alteration in a dramatic, fictional, or journalistic work. If a film, a play, or a piece of writing shows a slice of life, it shows life as it really is. The drama, a slice of life about a group of unmarried mothers, starts tonight.