Hello readers, it’s the weekend and the perfect time to unwind with a good movie, and trust when we say that Tyler Perry’s “Straw” is that perfect choice
Here are a few warnings though!
If you are highly emotional, then you may want to grab some tissue
If you are a single mother? Then this movie will resonate with you even more
Janiyah Watkinson (Taraji P. Henson), the protagonist of Tyler Perry’s latest feature Straw, is having one of the worst days of her life. The trouble starts when her daughter Aria (Gabrielle Jackson) tells Janiyah that she needs $40 to pay her school lunch debt, otherwise the administrators will publicly shame her again. Then Janiyah’s landlord threatens to evict her that day if she doesn’t come up with rent.
Things only get worse at work: Janiyah gets into a minor altercation with a customer trying to buy prohibited items with her WIC card, and her boss, Richard (Glynn Turman), a cantankerous old man, refuses to give her an advance on her paycheck. Later, when Janiyah confronts Richard about the money, the pair gets robbed by masked gunmen.
The harrowing situation turns violent when the thieves try to steal Janiyah’s backpack, which holds her daughter’s seizure medication. A panicked Janiyah fights the assailants off, steals their gun and shoots one of them dead. Then, in the blink of an eye, she kills her boss too. As if in a fugue state, Janiyah grabs her blood-splattered paycheck from the desk and heads to the bank across the street to cash it. But her actions at the grocery store set off a Georgia state-wide police investigation, and Janiyah’s trip to the bank quickly turns into an unnerving hostage situation.
Like I stated earlier, “Straw” is a movie that will keep at the edge of your seat
And well Tarahi P Henson did an amazing job playing the role of Janiyah
Meanwhile fans are currently calling out Tyler Perry for always making movies that places blacks in the disadvantage
But then again, this is a tip of the iceberg of what blacks face, especially single mothers.
Watch the movie trailer HERE