Stream it with a Netflix subscription and read at your own risk! Subscribers are raving about Tyler Perry's new drama Straw, and after seeing it for myself, it's easy to see what inspired all the praise.

Straw, the psychological crime film from writer-director Tyler Perry, blends emotional turmoil with sharp suspense to deliver one of Netflix's most popular thrillers of the year so far. The film stars Taraji P.

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.”