“Confetti” – Finding the colors [MOVIE REVIEW]
Harmony He as Meimei in “Confetti.” Photo courtesy of Dada Films. Ann Hu drew from personal experience when she wrote and directed “Confetti” about her own child’s dyslexia. Hu’s film is heartfelt and sincere, tackling a difficult and abstract problem, but it never really takes off. Lan, a mother with a secret, works as a janitor at her daughter Meimei’s school. Meimei, age 8, the brunt of the other children’s jokes, can neither read nor write. Her English teacher, an American named Thomas, recognizes the problem. Meimei has dyslexia, an unknown diagnosis in China, one for which there are no programs or solutions. Lan, determined that her daughter have a “normal” life, decides to take her to New York where Thomas has educational contacts. Packing up their meager belongings, Lan leaves behind her loving husband who reluctantly supports her in this endeavor. He secretly knows that this is as much about Meimei as it is about Lan who has tried to hide her illiteracy from him since the beginning of their relationship. Meimei, with a little bit of English, and Lan, with none, arrive at the apartment of Thomas’s friend, Helen McClellan, a writer working on her next book. She’s more than…
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