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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This year was a particularly good one for slice-of-life stories, suspense thrillers, and hospital dramas.
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Kayti Burt, Time, 18 Dec. 2025
Made for those looking for slice-of-life calm with dramatic bite, Shoshimin combines deliberate pacing and a contemplative, off-kilter character study with some amusingly diabolical scheming.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
Its film industry has in recent years made waves on the film festival circuit with social dramas, gangster thrillers, and eccentric slice-of-life films.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
Most standard zoom lenses start at either 24mm or 28mm, moderately wide angles that are ideal for day-to-day photography and slice-of-life images.
—PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
Blanchett, who plays a pair of sisters with Vicky Krieps in the slice-of-life tale of three different families, positively beamed as the applause roared in the Sala Grande theater.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
But not all Jump comics fit this framing—some are more comedic or more slice-of-life, or even flirt with romance.
—Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Dowd spent a month with her brother’s team as research and worked from tape recordings sent by Ned and his teammates to craft the dialogue in her slice-of-life screenplay.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2025
Then and now, the slice-of-life comedy—which also stars Hank and Peggy’s son, Bobby— mainly concerns neighborhood antics unfolding across Rainey Street’s living rooms and lawns.
—Adrienne Matei, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2025
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Kayti Burt, Time, 18 Dec. 2025
Made for those looking for slice-of-life calm with dramatic bite, Shoshimin combines deliberate pacing and a contemplative, off-kilter character study with some amusingly diabolical scheming.
—Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
Its film industry has in recent years made waves on the film festival circuit with social dramas, gangster thrillers, and eccentric slice-of-life films.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
Most standard zoom lenses start at either 24mm or 28mm, moderately wide angles that are ideal for day-to-day photography and slice-of-life images.
—PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
Blanchett, who plays a pair of sisters with Vicky Krieps in the slice-of-life tale of three different families, positively beamed as the applause roared in the Sala Grande theater.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
But not all Jump comics fit this framing—some are more comedic or more slice-of-life, or even flirt with romance.
—Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Dowd spent a month with her brother’s team as research and worked from tape recordings sent by Ned and his teammates to craft the dialogue in her slice-of-life screenplay.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2025
Then and now, the slice-of-life comedy—which also stars Hank and Peggy’s son, Bobby— mainly concerns neighborhood antics unfolding across Rainey Street’s living rooms and lawns.
—Adrienne Matei, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2025
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