For Taraji P. Henson, her epic performance as a woman facing the worst day of her life in “Tyler Perry’s Straw,” meant a relentless full speed ahead.

The title “Straw” correctly refers to “the last straw” for Henson’s Janiyah Wiltkinson, a single mother with Job-like obstacles that begin with her medically challenged young daughter, sadistically cruel boss and imminent eviction for non-payment of rent.

Add a road rage attack by an unhinged cop and a ticket for her expired license by another.

Janiyah (pronounced Jan-EYE-yah) needs $40 for her daughter’s lunch money. Caught in a robbery-homicide at work, she’s falsely accused of being part of the heist.

In shock, she enters the bank to cash her desperately needed paycheck with a pistol in her hand. The teller freaks. The silent alarm goe

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