It’s all the time fascinating once I discover myself disagreeing with a critics’ consensus, and that is occurred with Netflix’s most-watched film this week: Straw.
As I completed watching Straw, I noticed that whereas it will not be occurring TechRadar’s finest Netflix films listing, it is nonetheless one thing that I like to recommend.
Straw is the newest film from Tyler Perry, whose Prime Video film Duplicity bombed and acquired an viewers rating of 26%. So already, this new film is a step up from that. Despite Perry’s earlier titles, I really feel like Straw has been unfairly criticized.
The new Netflix film follows Janiyah, a single mom, as we comply with her on what the synopsis dubs as “the worst day of her life”. Sure sufficient, issues go from dangerous to worse whereas she desperately tries to supply for her sick daughter.
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Why I like to recommend Tyler Perry’s Straw
The major cause I’m recommending this film is due to Taraji P. Henson’s efficiency. While Straw may not be a masterpiece when it comes to cinematography or enhancing, the emotionally pushed work of Henson should not be missed.
Throughout the film, we watch Janiyah as she tries to maintain it collectively. She works a minimal wage job as a cashier in a grocery retailer, the place prospects are impolite to her and her boss is not a lot better. She’s behind on lease, her daughter’s faculty have considerations, and he or she’s at breaking level.
With nobody else to depend on, Janiyah is making an attempt to do all this herself and I used to be so impressed by how actual the efficiency feels. It’s a reminder that there is so many individuals similar to Janiyah who’re simply doing their finest even when it looks like the chances are stacked in opposition to them.
Yes, the film may be very bleak and sometimes troublesome to observe, however I do suppose it is the sort of story that can open plenty of vital conversations. We do not must depend on excessive octane automotive chases or fights for some thrills right here, and the best way the strain builds all through could have you severely nervous about Janiyah.
Henson is at her finest on the most intense a part of the film the place her character finally ends up holding a financial institution teller at gunpoint, making an attempt desperately to get her paycheck so she will preserve a roof over her and her daughter’s heads. It’s equal components unhappy and compelling.
Like lots of Perry’s films, there’s a twist within the story and whereas it would possible divide followers, I used to be happy by the way it ended. I’d be very to know what others suppose too. Let me know within the feedback under.
