slice-of-life
adjective
: of, relating to, or marked by the accurate transcription (as into drama) of a segment of actual life experience
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In this slice-of-life portrait, Chen shows how childhood experiences can shape someone, illustrating how a childhood passion might expand their horizons without necessarily becoming a lifelong vocation.
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Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 29 Mar. 2025
An energetic, violent slice-of-life, the film follows the fraying relationship between small-time gambler Johnny Boy and his best friend, the more responsible Charlie (Harvey Keitel).
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 24 Mar. 2025
The movie strikes a beautiful balance of hilarity and slice-of-life reality that hasn’t aged a day since its release.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
When Life Gives You Tangerines, however, is a slice-of-life story that finds drama in the ordinary.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025
His Hollywood fame and history of public combustibility, her social media following and their many children and pets were all classic ingredients for a slice-of-life series.
—Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Most of Yamada’s work — including her latest, The Colors Within, currently in select U.S. theaters — is slice-of-life, a popular anime genre that focuses on the mundane.
—Kayti Burt, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2025
But through it all, my favorite images remain those quieter, slice-of-life moments unique to Austin.
—Austin American-Statesman, 23 Dec. 2024
The slice-of-life drawings that make up Citizen 13660 were, according to Okubo, originally intended for friends outside the Topaz War Relocation Center, where she had been imprisoned.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 4 Dec. 2024
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Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 29 Mar. 2025
An energetic, violent slice-of-life, the film follows the fraying relationship between small-time gambler Johnny Boy and his best friend, the more responsible Charlie (Harvey Keitel).
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 24 Mar. 2025
The movie strikes a beautiful balance of hilarity and slice-of-life reality that hasn’t aged a day since its release.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
When Life Gives You Tangerines, however, is a slice-of-life story that finds drama in the ordinary.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025
His Hollywood fame and history of public combustibility, her social media following and their many children and pets were all classic ingredients for a slice-of-life series.
—Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Most of Yamada’s work — including her latest, The Colors Within, currently in select U.S. theaters — is slice-of-life, a popular anime genre that focuses on the mundane.
—Kayti Burt, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2025
But through it all, my favorite images remain those quieter, slice-of-life moments unique to Austin.
—Austin American-Statesman, 23 Dec. 2024
The slice-of-life drawings that make up Citizen 13660 were, according to Okubo, originally intended for friends outside the Topaz War Relocation Center, where she had been imprisoned.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Slice-of-life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slice-of-life. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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