The heroine is named Birdee. Well, OK, it's Texas, and we all know how those goofy Texans behave, especially in the naming-names department. Nothing wrong or offensive there.
Funny names can make the movie world go around, especially comedies.
Later, she's called on for some of that left-curve business we spoke of earlier, just to bring everything to some kind of pat closure. Once Birdie and Bernice get back to town, everything that will happen from this point on is telegraphed scenes in advance of their actual occurrences. There are, literally, no surprises to be had in the surprisingly sedate and humane, but still formulaic, script by Steve Rogers. The movie pokes along at the same deliberate pace for two hours. Deschanel's needlessly arty, underlit, soft-focus camerawork throughout the film, with faces and profiles frequently hidden in shadow.