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5. Was Teddy Sane At The End? - Shutter Island
The ending to Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island has been fiercely discussed, with many concluding that Andrew Laeddis (Leonardo DiCaprio) was indeed sane in the film's final moments, but faked a regression so that he would be lobotmised and not have to live with the knowledge of murdering his wife (Michelle Williams) after she drowned their three children.
Both Scorsese and screenwriter Laeta Kalogridis have been cagey about ever affirming whether or not Andrew was indeed sane at the end, and it absolutely behooves them to be this way, because why ruin everyone's fun and sew up the mystery for good?
Intriguingly Dennis Lehane, the author of the original novel, firmly believes that Andrew had lost his mind at the end, and his brief exchange with Dr. Sheehan (Mark Ruffalo) - where he asks, "Is it better to live as a monster, or to die as a good man?" - is merely a "momentary flash" of sanity.
Lehane doesn't believe that Andrew is suicidal enough to have himself lobotomised, but given that Lehane didn't write the movie script himself, his viewers on the matter are hardly objective gospel.