Tyler Perry's "Straw" nearly doubled its viewership in its second week on Netflix to score the biggest audience a Netflix movie has seen so far in 2025.

If you don't know what Straw is about, it stars Taraji P. Henson. It's about a woman hitting her last straw after a string of failures lined up her day, from not having enough money for her daughter's school to being evicted, to job issues and much more. This leads to a desperate decision from her that turns her entire life upside down.

A man named Robert Perkins shared his thoughts on Tyler Perry’s emotionally charged Netflix movie, Straw. He shared what he observed about the lead actress.