Spoonful of Sugar (film)

Spoonful of Sugar is a 2022 American horror thriller film that was directed by Mercedes Bryce Morgan, based on a script written by Leah Saint Marie.

The film centers on a college student who takes on a job caring for a sickly child, only for things to go horribly wrong when she offers him some of her own medication.

Millicent is a college student who has taken some time away from school in order to take part in a treatment program that utilizes microdoses of LSD, which results in her experiencing occasional hallucinations.

During this time she is also hired to care for Johnny, a sick and nonverbal young boy with allergies so severe that he must wear an astronaut-esque suit to keep him safe.

[4][5] CBR wrote a favorable review, noting that "Spoonful of Sugar is not going to be everyone's cup of tea, but for those who can handle some outrageous lunacy for about 90 minutes, this film will be a riot," and that Saylor "brilliantly conveys the character's mental state with surprising subtlety.