House of Grucci

I grew up in NYC and have come to love their fireworks shows. I was interested to see a documentary on them and to get an inside look. While it was nice to get a history lesson of the family it was lacking in depth of the business itself. I was expecting a deeper dive into the fireworks and choices made or experimentation, success or failures. There must have been be a 100 war stories they could have elaborated on but they stuck with family life and the travails of the company.

I don't know if they're piloting for a reality tv show but it felt like it was heading in that direction.

If you're casually interested in the Grucci's then you may get something out of this. This doc doesn't leave you with any great knowledge of them or the business.

The Grucci family is the kind of tight knit family everyone wishes they could join at their Sunday dinner table. This documentary has a lot of heart and love, while being about an extremely interesting topic - FIREWORKS! Too many documentaries drone on so House of Grucci coming in at under one hour is fantastic. It doesn't get boring, leaves you satisfied yet wanting to know more. I don't do well with blinking strobe light effects so I was slightly concerned about the light sensitivity warning at the beginning. Thankfully it was just fireworks footage and wasn't too much strobey blinking and flashing for me.

The expert from the Science Museum that speaks to the history of fireworks is mesmerizing. She has a great voice and keeps it really interesting. The background music was even on point.

House of Grucci is worth your time. Good job Hulu!