According to its tagline on IMDb, Straw follows a “single mother [who] navigates a series of unfortunate events, leading her down an unforeseen path where she becomes embroiled in a situation she never envisioned, finding herself at the center of suspicion in an indifferent world.”

Tyler Perry’s Straw' is a typically melodramatic yet potent depiction of systemic miseries that lead to a hard-luck heroine’s police standoff.

Taraji P. Henson stars in a “Dog Day Afternoon”-style drama from one of America’s most prolific filmmakers.