1.   A novel vivid in its documentary realism, fantastic in the tale it tells.

2.   ABC has taken the opportunity to get down and dirty here in the name of documentary realism.

3.   Admittedly, a fictional series makes no promise of documentary realism and should not be held to a cinema verite standard.

4.   He was also furiously prolific on radio, mixing melodrama and documentary realism.

5.   Her work is staged, but what makes it so satisfying is that it has the direct, unadorned look of documentary realism.