Tyler Perry’s new Netflix movie lands impressive audience score after dividing critics - Taraji P. Henson plays a single mother struggling to care for her sick daughter in ‘Straw’

Straw is a film in the thriller genre that was released on June 6, 2025, on Netflix. Tyler Perry has written and directed this film and is also the co-producer, along with Tony Strickland and Angi Bones. The official synopsis for the movie reads as follows,

In Straw, Taylor plays Detective Kay Raymond, an officer who connects with the single-mother main character Janiyah (played by Taraji P. Henson) whose “world unravels in chaos as her day goes from bad to worse to catastrophic as she struggles to care for her ill daughter," per a synopsis.

If you watched the new Tyler Perry movie on Netflix, Straw—which began streaming today—then you know that Straw ends with a wild plot twist. Not even star Taraji P. Henson saw it coming. “When I was reading it,

Sherri Shepherd reveals she had her own straw that broke the camel’s back moment while discussing new film "Straw"

Henson, a Washington, D.C. native and a proud Howard University graduate, recently portrayed Janiyah, a struggling single mother in Tyler Perry’s new film “Straw.” It’s a narrative Henson knows intimately, having been a single mother herself — a connection she spoke candidly about during a Wednesday episode of “The View.”

Sinbad makes a triumphant return in Tyler Perry’s Netflix thriller ‘Straw,’ his first role since a 2020 stroke.