As bad as it is, there’s always someone doin’ it worse!” That’s just one of the pearls of wisdom dropped in Straw (now streaming on Netflix), an effectively tense action-melodrama set during a particularly rotten day in which a hard-working woman who only wants to take care of her daughter finally snaps.

Henson, who previously worked with Perry on the 2018 film 'Acrimony,' tells PEOPLE she did not hesitate to join his new movie because she loves "a good challenge"

Pushed to the brink by a world that seems indifferent to her existence, she’s forced to confront impossible choices in a society that offers her no safety net.“ Take a look at the New York screening of Tyler Perry’s Straw below and watch the trailer above.