How many children did Andrew Laeddis have?
I was reading some questions and also some answers about Shutter Island (like this one and this one) last night and most places it says Andrew Laeddis' wife murdered their 2 children.
When I saw the movie, there were 3 children.
- Did I watch a different version of the movie?
- Or were there 2 children in the book? I haven't read the book yet.
- Or am I just hallucinating like Andrew himself?
Just to prove that the third question is false I have an image from the movie as strong evidence
Best Answer
Three children.
The two questions you quoted were both answered by me. Answering the question in the first link you posted, I quoted from the second link you posted. The original asker in that question had mentioned two children and I rather mistakenly continued from this mistake and answered referring to two children instead of three.
It is three children, as confirmed by both the film in the pictures above and the novel:
She drowned her three children in the lake behind her house.
I've added asterisked amendments to both of my previous answers to indicate this mistake.
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How many kids did Teddy have in Shutter Island?
The Shutter Island Lighthouse Cawley explains that Teddy is actually Andrew Laeddis, their "most dangerous patient." He was sent to the island after murdering his manic-depressive wife, Dolores. It turns out that Dolores drowned their three children.Who is Teddy wife in Shutter Island?
Only Teddy is not a real person but a delusion created by inmate Andrew Laeddis. The ending of \u201cShutter Island\u201d reveals that DiCaprio's character is a patient himself, committed to the Shutter Island facility after murdering his wife (Michelle Williams) because she went insane and killed their children.Was Andrew faking it at the end of Shutter Island?
Others, however, take it as meaning that Andrew's only faking his relapse. His unusual treatment's made him aware of the terrible thing he's done: guilt has therefore engulfed him, and he's deliberately getting himself lobotomised to escape it. These two versions of what the film means could hardly be more at odds.Shutter Island: Where are the kids? (HD CLIP)
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