Restoration
- The replacement or giving back of something lost, stolen, etc.
When speaking of a legal settlement, we often hear someone lament, “Money won’t bring [xyz] back!” True to be sure, but the only thing the law can give is a representation of the loss in the form of money, and so money is what it awards. Though the ideal, when restoration cannot involve replacement or reinstatement of what was lost, a useful view would be toward how to move on despite the loss, however and in whatever form that can come about. Restoration isn’t about nullifying the event or going back to being what one was before the injury; it’s about being made surefooted once again. Following are excellent illustrations of people striving to finding their way forward.
Examples of Restoration in Film
- A History of Violence
- An Officer and a Gentleman
- Another Earth
- Cast Away
- City Slickers
- Days of Wine and Roses
- Forrest Gump
- Good Will Hunting
- Hope Floats
- I’ve Loved You So Long
- In Bruges
- In the Line of Fire
- Ink
- Jerry Maguire
- Larry Crowne
- Little Fish
- Martha Marcy May Marlene
- Moonlight and Valentino
- Murphy’s Romance
- My Best Friend’s Wedding
- Pride and Glory
- Scrooge
- Signs
- Snow Cake
- Tender Mercies
- The Accidental Tourist
- The Accused
- The Best of Times
- The Color Purple
- The Cooler
- The Doctor
- The Illusionist (2006)
- The Firm
- The Lord of the Rings
- The Shipping News
- The Spitfire Grill
- The Station Agent
- The Woodsman
- Under the Tuscan Sun
- Warrior
- White Oleander
“restoration.” Dictionary.com Unabridged. 18 Dec. 2011. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/restoration>.
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