In so many ways. Extremely naturalistic lighting. AND I forgot my glasses. This was far grittier than I was expecting and funnier too except for one thing: the sound was muddled and I couldn't understand one tenth of the dialogue. It didn't matter as far as following the story but most of the comedy is in the characters in this kind of movie and if you can't hear exactly what Jamie Foxx is rattling off in one of his riffs you are missing m o s t of the movie. Totally authentic until it gets very farfetched. The climax is suitably cathartic and I really was wondering about the title when everything is made clear in the final shot.