Netflix: We didn't mess with the ending of The Notebook

Some fans freaked out when an alternate ending for the film streamed in the UK.

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Abrar Al-Heeti

Feb. 27, 2019 1:52 p.m. PT

Many fans know and love (and sob to) the ending of the beloved romantic film The Notebook. So much so that when Netflix streamed the movie with an alternate ending in the UK, some people were up in arms. (Beware, there are spoilers ahead.)

In the original version of the movie, lovers Allie and Noah die in bed while holding hands. But the Netflix UK version skips that scene and jumps to a shot of birds flying over a lake.

"Why has @NetflixUK changed the ending to The Notebook!? I was going to watch it but now I'm going to need to buy it instead," one Twitter user said Monday.

Why has @NetflixUK changed the ending to The Notebook!? 😭 I was going to watch it but now I’m going to need to buy it instead 🙃
— Eliza ✨ (@elizadarlings) February 25, 2019

"Its shocking....! Give us back our gut wrenching tears!" another person tweeted.

Its shocking....! Give us back our gut wrenching tears!!!!!!! @NetflixUK #thenotebook
— Michelle Frost (@chelliey) February 25, 2019

Netflix responded Wednesday to say the company didn't edit the film, and that "an alternate version exists and was supplied to us."

Things you should know…
– we did not edit the notebook
– an alternate version exists and was supplied to us
– we are getting to the bottom of it asap
– apparently some films have more than one ending?!
— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) February 27, 2019

The company added in another tweet that "the version of The Notebook coming to the US on March 1 will be the version that has always made you sob."

But rest assured that the version of The Notebook coming to the US on March 1 will be the version that has always made you sob. https://t.co/2G5BWzYurj
— See What's Next (@seewhatsnext) February 27, 2019

Phew. Never deny us the opportunity to ugly-cry.