With the exception of one scene involving a killing, the film offers neither gritty realism nor lush romanticism.

We tread a fine line between gritty realism and poetic touches.

Their gritty realism took all before it for ten years or so until gradually overtaken.

Such is the power of gritty realism done well.

It is full of gritty realism and believable characters trying not to become the monsters they pursue.