Tyler Perry's new dramatic thriller, Straw, premiered on Netflix on June 6, 2025, and instantly became the most-watched movie in the U.S. Despite drawing mediocre reviews, Taraji P. Henson gives an emotionally fraught performance as Janiyah Wiltkinson, a hard-working single mother bruised and battered by a series hard-luck life events that lead to pain, agony, and unspeakable anguish.