Christopher Nolan still wearily weighing in on the ending of Inception
Christopher Nolan isn't that comfortable answering Inception ending questions, but he's still doing it 13 years later

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Back in 2010, the conclusion of Inception was so divisive it was almost like no one had ever experienced an ambiguous ending before. Spoiler alert for those who missed out the first time: after traveling between dreams and reality for two and a half hours, Leonardo DiCaprio’s character finally reunites with his children in the final scene. He spins a top, the totem that’s supposed to identify whether or not he’s in a dream, but chooses to turn away before seeing if it falls. The film then cuts to black, leaving the audience just as uncertain as the character—which was obviously writer-director Christopher Nolan’s intention.