STRAW

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STRAW

2025

1h 45m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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A single mother's world unravels in chaos as her day goes from bad to worse to catastrophic as she struggles to care for her ill daughter. Pushed to the brink by a world that seems indifferent to her existence, she's forced to confront impossible choices in a society that offers her no safety net.

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Ty Burr

Washington Post

“Straw” has all the feels it wants and little of the art it needs.

Rated: 2/4

Jun 9, 2025

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Lisa Kennedy

New York Times

Henson — so deeply committed to her character’s emotional cratering — still makes us care.

Jun 9, 2025

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Lovia Gyarkye

The Hollywood Reporter

Straw isn’t the worst Perry film, but it suffers from the same problems that plague all of his projects. The narrative is chock full of heavy-handed metaphors, fussy plotting and strained drama. The best parts of the film can be attributed to Henson.

Jun 9, 2025

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John Stark

Mac the Movie Guy

Taraji tackles this role like every mother who has ever lived is channeled through her. It is the best performance of hers in years. She’s a revelation and deserves the praise.

Rated: 7.2/10

Aug 31, 2025

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Karina Adelgaard

Heaven of Horror

...a new thriller from Tyler Perry. What makes this one work so well? The way Taraji P. Henson and Sherri Shepherd carry the brutally realistic backstory.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 11, 2025

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Maxance Vincent

FlickSided

The twist concludes the movie with a bad taste in our mouth, and a realization that Perry will never be able to make art that will stand the test of time if he doesn’t treat serious subject matters like the ones he deals with in Straw with respect.

Rated: 1.5/5

Jul 25, 2025

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Kim G.

Wow. What an intense story- right from the start, it wasted no time! And yes, lots of the acting was bad &the music was a bit too dramatic during intense scenes but the main character’s performance (aka Janiah) was really strong and she pulled me into her world. The ending was shocking and brought me to tears.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/07/25

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Keith M

Only half way in and I'm already cheesed out by the cheesy script, over acting, under acting, over dramatisation, and unrealistic story, but I'm going to push through and see if I can hold my lunch down...and what's with the over glamourised detective impersonating Michael Jackson?...oh...and the police hats don't fit

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/05/25

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Joel K

I would have rated this movie five star, it's really emotional meaning the actor know how to play their game properly. 😝

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/28/25

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Juan V

Ni las telenovelas turcas son tan dramáticas ni sobreactuadas. La película se va desarrollando en una temática que la envuelve en situaciones cada vez menos creíbles, incluyendo el final. Aunque el objetivo de la película es sensibilizar sobre las carencias de oportunidades y la desigualdad social, lo aborda de una forma torpe y burda. Puede causar la impresión de un sesgo racial, pero no aterriza en un mensaje profundo que lo valore. El final, aunque inesperado, no salva la película de casi 2 hrs de malas caracterizaciones, actuaciones exageradas, y un fallido intento de causar lástima por el personaje principal.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

08/26/25

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Gilbert Jr N

It is overall a great watch but a little bit on the implausible side, I feel like there's a lot of injustice done to the it, some concepts feel rather forced, and so much has been done to force sympathy and guilt from the viewer that it feels unnatural.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/24/25

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P J

Absolutely amazing and touches on honest themes of mental health and what truly happens when people break!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/23/25

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A single mother's world unravels in chaos as her day goes from bad to worse to catastrophic as she struggles to care for her ill daughter. Pushed to the brink by a world that seems indifferent to her existence, she's forced to confront impossible choices in a society that offers her no safety net.

Director: Tyler Perry
Producer: Tyler Perry, Angi Bones, Tony Strickland
Screenwriter: Tyler Perry
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Tyler Perry Studios
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 6, 2025
Runtime: 1h 45m

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