Jodie Foster seems to concentrate too hard on getting her accent just right. This movie, like the others, is based on a novel that was written not by Anna, but by a writer who had read Anna's original book about her travels and life within the Royal Court, and decided to write a more romantic version. This version is the closest version yet to the original story. When Anna approaches the king the guards pull their swords and threaten her with them. After Prince Chulalongkorn makes a disparaging remark about Louis' dead father, Louis pushes the Prince.
Burmese assassins rush into a building.
Several people are poisoned and die. A traitor kills the king's brother. Two people are executed by beheading. Anna knocks over a tea cart. Several soldiers are shot and killed.