What will be her last straw? A devastatingly bad day pushes a hardworking single mother to the breaking point — and into a shocking act of desperation.
Acting
Taraji P. Henson's unraveling is genuinely uncomfortable.
Direction
Tyler Perry finally stops playing it safe.
Editing
Ruthless compression of one very bad day.
Director
Tyler Perry
Taraji P. Henson
Janiyah Wiltkinson
Sherri Shepherd
Nicole
Teyana Taylor
Detective Kay Raymond
Sinbad
Benny
Rockmond Dunbar
Chief Wilson
Ashley Versher
Tessa George
Mike Merrill
Detective Grimes
Glynn Turman
Richard
Shalèt Monique
Rayah Dunnam
Diva Tyler
Isabella
Fracaswell Hyman
Marvin
Derek Phillips
Agent Bryce
Tilky Jones
Officer Oliver
Katrina Nelson
Officer Sam
Anthony E. Williams
Officer Dickson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tyler Perry wrote this in three days after his own car was wrongly repossessed. The traffic ticket scene? Verbatim from his actual dispute.
The 'last straw' title isn't metaphor — Janiyah's final hostage demand is literally a bale of hay for her daughter's therapy horse, a detail cut from most trailers.
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