Urie, who gives the Manhattan setting an unfussy, lived-in feel, has far better results than the exasperated filmmaker he portrays.
There's a touch of Woody Allen in Frears's unfussy handling of the period setting (Liverpool doubling handsomely for 1940s New York), but I was also reminded of Tim Burton's Ed Wood, another film rooted in affectionate admiration for a much-mocked subject.
In a way, the sport's mystique is its reflection on the city: an unfussy sport for an unfussy place.
He reminds me instead of the Rolling Stones' Charlie Watts - whose talents are talked about less than his suits, but whose insistent, unfussy playing sets up the sound of his band.
Pleasantly foremost, there's Jamaica time: it is 3 p.m., and Vinson is setting her table for lunch at Goldeneye, a compound of variously sized, but consistently unfussy, cottages about three hours east of Montego Bay.
Setting off the jaunty mix of colors of the walls and furniture, the simple oak floors gave the room a comfy, unfussy elegance.
7 p.m. 3) GREEN CUISINE Earthy hues set a pleasant, unfussy vibe at Tayst (2100 21st Avenue South; 615-383-1953; www.taystrestaurant.com), which bills itself as Nashville's first and (so far) only restaurant to earn certification from the Green Restaurant Association, a nonprofit based in Boston that promotes environmentally friendly restaurants.
Taking its inspiration from street foods in Jamaica, Turkey, Vietnam, Morocco, Madeira, Italy and Spain, Waitrose's Good to Go range also sets out to be unfussy and unadorned.
Not as large as the resort label would suggest, Cendana is an unfussy hotel with a quiet spa and two swimming pools set well away from the busy town streets.
Updated at 5.11pm BST 4.40pm BST First set: Djokovic* 1-0 Tsonga (*denotes server): About as unfussy a start as Djokovic could have wished for, as he holds to love, courtesy of a series of Tsonga forehands that miss the baseline.
Austrian gives us a winningly unfussy Baker's Wife, but Joanna Gleason's Tony-winning portrayal set the bar exceedingly high.
