Death at a funeral

Binary oppositions found in the film

The main opposition in the film is between the Barnes brothers and Frank Lovett. Frank Lovett is a homosexual dwarf who shows pictures to Aaron Barnes of he and the Barne's fathers secret relationsip. He then threatens the men, that he will reveal all to the rest of the family, unless he is paid $30,000

Throughout the film, the Barnes brothers, with the help of their friends try their best to stop Frank, as they are unable to afford to pay the money

Another opposition comes from Derek who had a brief fling with Elaine Barnes, and throughout the film tries his best to get her back, despite her being in a new relationship.

Also, Oscar, who is Elaines boyfriend, is meeting Elaines family for the first time, and is obviously very nervous. So Elaine gives Oscar one of her brothers 'valiums' which is actually an hallucinogenic.

This therefore causes a lot of trouble at the funeral, as Jeff and Elaine try there best to keep an eye on Oscar and make it unobvious to the rest of the family that there is anything wrong with him. 

The lesson that the protaganist Aaron Barnes leaves with at the end of the film is that it is wrong to judge his father, as he never judged them. he realises that no matter what, his father did his best to raise them, and that he will aim to bring up his own child the same way his father did.