“Straw” has all the feels it wants and little of the art it needs.

Henson — so deeply committed to her character’s emotional cratering — still makes us care.

Straw isn’t the worst Perry film, but it suffers from the same problems that plague all of his projects. The narrative is chock full of heavy-handed metaphors, fussy plotting and strained drama. The best parts of the film can be attributed to Henson.

Straw is Tyler Perry Black trauma porn dialed up to one hundred and fifty percent. The movie is filled with Black actors who all need to make a paycheck.