ladysmc's definitions

gritty

harsh, coarse, rough and unrefined, as in film depictions that portray life as it truly is, without false distortions, stylizations, or idealizations. Often, the realism is exaggerated such that the culture or society being portrayed appears more coarse than it really is.

The film "28 Days Later" is a gritty, dirt-under-your-fingernails kind of raw.

by ladysmc June 2, 2007