The movie Straw was deeper than it seemed
You really had to pay attention. When Janiyah’s mom called asking why the FBI was at her house and what she was doing robbing a bank, it all started to unravel. As Janiyah tried to explain, you realize she had already mentally checked out long before. The moment she was shown at the school supposedly dropping off her daughter, something felt off. That was why the principal looked at her so strangely
Her daughter had already passed.
She was suffering from something like *phantom life syndrome* still following routines from a life that no longer existed. She couldn’t let go, and in her mind, her daughter was still alive. When the flashbacks showed her crying over the empty hospital bed, it made sense; she knew her daughter was gone, but her mind just couldn’t accept it. The grief was too much. Her daughter’s death was the final blow the last straw.
That’s the thing about grief. It doesn’t just break you, it rearranges you. And sometimes, you don’t even realize how far gone someone is until it’s too late.
2025-06-10 12:28:14
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SHE WAS HALLUCINATING BECAUSE OF GRIEF THIS WHOLE TIME
2025-06-11 21:28:41
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ROBIN_JUNIOR😶🌫️ :
Bro she didn't disserve that poor mom she just wanted to put her child in a better place and the cops didn't hesitate shooting her didn't even feel sad for shooting her 😭
2025-08-28 19:38:33
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🥷🏾 :
“People don’t know how expensive it is to be poor”
2025-06-11 14:16:35
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TRELLIS DESIGNS :
I hate the FBI officer 😭😭
2025-06-12 00:35:53
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🦇 :
COUNT THEM DAY TYLER PERRY
2025-06-10 22:34:56
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Prettynprivate._ :
This broke me so much when I found out her daughter died .
2025-06-10 14:06:02
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nahomi ⟭⟬⁷ SAW SKZ 6/26 :
i just finished watching and i was in TEARS
2025-06-10 04:47:08
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😏🫶🏽⚘️ :
all she wanted was $40 for her daughters lunch😭😭😭💔
2025-06-10 13:40:14
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solo_092021 :
“It’s expensive to be poor.” Hit my soul😭🙏🏽
2025-06-12 22:41:32
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wysfelix :
Me after watching this before bed 😭
2025-06-10 04:32:04
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🙂↕️Well Well Well.. :
The fact that she was living like her daughter was alive kills me 🥀🥀
2025-06-10 19:57:55
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seseh11 :
I cant even lie this movie rearranged my thought of thinking , we overlook so many people, we could be struggling but someone else’s struggle could be 10x worse all I can say is alhamdulillah for everything 🤲🏼🤧😭😭
2025-06-10 09:12:55
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︎ ︎ ︎ :
this movie was deeper than people explained it
2025-06-10 17:17:47
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Zay😐 :
pls don’t tell me her kid died bruh no way
2025-06-10 12:19:18
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drina🍰🦄💕😜👋 :
this movie was so freaking sad
2025-06-10 23:54:24
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𝐼𝓈𝒶‧₊˚⛈️⋅♡ ࣪ ִֶָ☾. :
This movie RUINED me
2025-06-11 07:02:15
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E :
the plot twist 😭, she’s hallucinating. her daughter died, she thinks her daughter is still a live.
2025-06-11 14:49:52
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Cc.Jay ☯︎☠︎⚇ :
2025-06-10 14:44:32
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liv_thequeen :
When she found out her daughter died I cryed
2025-06-11 10:07:46
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Love44._.Sanaa💞👑🤞🏽❤️😍😊 :
The movie Straw was deeper than it seemed—you really had to pay attention. When Janiyah’s mom called asking why the FBI was at her house and what she was doing robbing a bank, it all started to unravel. As Janiyah tried to explain, you realize she had already mentally checked out long before. The moment she was shown at the school supposedly dropping off her daughter, something felt off. That’s why the principal looked at her so strangely—her daughter had already passed.
She was suffering from something like ‘phantom life syndrome’—still following routines from a life that no longer existed. She couldn’t let go, and in her mind, her daughter was still alive. When the flashbacks showed her crying over the empty hospital bed, it made sense—she knew her daughter was gone, but her mind just couldn’t accept it. The grief was too much. Her daughter’s death was the final blow—the last straw.
That’s the thing about grief. It doesn’t just break you—it rearranges you. And sometimes, you don’t even realize how far gone someone is until it’s too late.
2025-06-10 14:38:02
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londongallery🌟🎧 :
2025-06-10 05:51:13
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Jazz :
This is real life. You just never know what people are dealing with on a daily basis
2025-06-11 04:21:25
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sascha :
GIVE HER THAT OSCAR!
2025-06-11 06:26:53
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🧸 𝓡𝓞𝓙𝓞 🌯 🇲🇽🫔 :
This movie reminds me of mom who didn’t mean to hurt us but shes a single mother.
2025-06-10 08:54:33
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