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Did the top stop spinning in the end of Inception?

Inception ends on an ambiguous shot of a spinning top, leaving its final reality unresolved. This entry sets out the two readings of that closing scene: that the top stopped spinning, and that it did not.

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Yes, the top stopped spinning at the end of Inception

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No, the top did not stop spinning at the end of Inception