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Straw
MEANRANK
65/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3209
- IMDb #3526
- Rotten Tomatoes #3051
- Metacritic #3291
- Letterboxd #2869
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3681
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2704
- Metacritic Audience #3877
- Kinopoisk #3590
- AlloCiné #1921
- Trakt #847
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 53, highest is Trakt on 77. Critics average 54, everyone else 68.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In a drought-ravaged future where water is the most valuable currency, a family struggles to survive on their isolated farm. Their precarious existence is shattered when a powerful corporation arrives, claiming rights to the land and the secret aquifer beneath it. The family patriarch, a man of few words but deep conviction, refuses to leave, setting the stage for a tense standoff. The conflict explores how far people will go to protect the last sources of life.
Details
- Director
- Tyler Perry
- Writer
- Tyler Perry
- Studio
- Tyler Perry Studios
- Released
- 5 June 2025
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 4 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 7 →4 wins from 7 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| NAACP Image Awards 2026 | Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Special | Straw | Winner |
| NAACP Image Awards 2026 | Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Special | Taraji P. Henson | Winner |
| NAACP Image Awards 2026 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Special | Glynn Turman | Winner |
| NAACP Image Awards 2026 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Special | Rockmond Dunbar | Nominee |
| NAACP Image Awards 2026 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Special | Sherri Shepherd | Nominee |
| NAACP Image Awards 2026 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Special | Teyana Taylor | Winner |
| Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards 2026 | Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film | Dara Taylor | Nominee |
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7 awards — Straw
×| Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Special | Taraji P. Henson | Winner |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Special | Glynn Turman | Winner |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Special | Teyana Taylor | Winner |
| Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Special | Straw | Winner |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Special | Rockmond Dunbar | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Special | Sherri Shepherd | Nominee |
| Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film | Dara Taylor | Nominee |