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"The conventionality of Drive, She Said in terms of plot affected its reception. Critics decried its reliance on the caper film as a means of exploring a woman's self-actualization."
-- Brenda Austin-Smith


Source:
Austin-Smith, Brenda. "Women, Liminality, and 'Unhomeliness' in the Films of Mina Shum." In The Gendered Screen: Canadian Women Filmmakers, edited by Brenda Austin-Smith and George Melnyk. Waterloo, Ont.: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2010. (p. 213)