House of Guinness

'House of Guinness' successfully navigates a tricky path. It would have been very easy to cross over from drama to soap opera, but this series does not. I also don't care that they have invented some characters, Sean Rafferty (James Norton), or fudged dates. This is not a documentary.

The acting is quite good with Anthony Boyle (Arthur Guinness) being particularly strong. Also, Jack Gleeson (Byron Hedges), Michael McElhatton (Potter), Niamh McCormack (Ellen Cochrane) and Louis Partridge (Edward Guinness).

There are some unusual accents, but such is life. I look forward to Season 2.

Been looking forward too this show for a while. Watched a couple of episodes today. It's a good story, decent actors & the scenery is excellent. What disappoints me is the modern take of putting modern music in a historical show. Hip hop & up beat tunes have no place in a series set in the 19 century. It completely ruin the feel of the historical time.

House of Guinness is a new show from Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders). It has that same look and feel as PB. It's about the Guinness family after its founder dies in 1868 and leaves its empire in the hands of his four children, each with problems and secrets of their own. It may start slow for some but stay with it because after the first couple episodes it really picks up. It's a good period series about power, greed, betrayal and back stabbing. Bottom line is while House of Guinness isn't nearly as good as PB, it's still a pretty good show that's worth watching.

I was really curious about the Guinness family ever since I visited the Republic of Ireland and our tour guide told us that they were loved and respected by Irish people. Tbh until that they Guinness was just a beer brand to me which I really love and of course nobody can be loved by 100%. So watching their story with a good cinematography together with some good performers was enjoyable. And I am a sucker for sound of Irish flute, so I hyped whenever I heard it BUT I was really annoyed whenever I heard techno and rap music even though I mainly listen those two. Maybe the idea behind is to get attention from new gens but still it just ruined the atmosphere. My second dislike was the Netflix scenes. You know what I mean. The substance, the intimacy and the community which I really love everyone and everything BUT whenever Netflix includes these topics "nearly all the time" they just feel like ads and loose the meaning😔 Sorry for my English.

Being a huge fan of Peaky Blinders I was really looking forward to House of Guinness ever since I first heard about it since it has the same creator in Steven Knight. Now, I didn't think it going to be as good as Peaky Blinders bc not much is so don't go into this trying to compare. Knight sure knows how to make a show entertaining while staying true to its history. You're never bored as the show flys by. Just be sure you give yourself enough time to watch this because once you start you're going to want to binge it as quickly as possible.