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Final scare/shot meaning? (SPOILERS)


The plot of the entire movie -- save one scene -- made perfect sense to me. I did have to watch the close-up shot of the body the police recovered from the lake several times just to make sure it wasn't his wife. One character even made a point of telling the others (us) to check out the expression on her face, but I had a feeling that meant check out which face that is. The fact that it was the first victim is also later confirmed in the dialogue.

When we see the final shot of John Lithgow dressed as Margot in the last scene, what is that supposed to represent? I thought it might mean that the daughter's personality had split, taking on one of the personalities of her father. Maybe it was the wife's personality split? I don't think he was really in the park because he just disappears into thin air. Beyond it being a great final scare I think I missed the point. Anyone know for sure?

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Margot takes care of the children, keeps them safe. It means that the protective side is now watching out for the daughter.

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you are absolutely wrong in your assessment of the final scene of this film,
when the girl child was playing with the other girl children and lolita davidivich & the woman from '30 something' were yapping away...
you should have pricked up your ears because john lithgow can be heard beckoning his girl child with "ammmmyyyyyyy" and she gets up and walks over to the shrubbery leading to the dank swamp area below,
you see margeaux was there, john lithgow's alter ego, as a woman had taken over and was letting amy know she would be protected for their rest of her life


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