Little Pretty in Boxes is a 1997 American film directed by Christopher Leitch, based on a book by Joan Ryan. The cast has Swoosie Kurtz and Courtney Peldon. It tells the fictional story of a girl who moved with her family to Los Angeles to follow the Olympic gold dream with a difficult and rigorous coach. In the book, Ryan recounts the story of young gymnasts dealing with the abuse of painkillers and ignoring meals, demanding the body to the limit and sometimes breaking up in the search for perfection.