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Summary In 1860s Ireland, Arthur Guinness (Anthony Boyle), Benjamin Guinness (Fionn O'Shea), Edward Guinness (Louis Partridge), and Anne Plunket (Emily Fairn) face many challenges with running the family business after their father dies in the Steven Knight drama series.
Created By: Steven Knight
House of Guinness
Season 1 Premiere: Sep 25, 2025
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6.6
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Summary In 1860s Ireland, Arthur Guinness (Anthony Boyle), Benjamin Guinness (Fionn O'Shea), Edward Guinness (Louis Partridge), and Anne Plunket (Emily Fairn) face many challenges with running the family business after their father dies in the Steven Knight drama series.
Created By: Steven Knight
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
72
70% Positive
14 Reviews
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30% Mixed
6 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
72
70% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
30% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Sep 24, 2025
It’s 19th-century Dublin’s answer to Succession. .... For Steven Knight, a career peak.
Sep 25, 2025
The first episode of House Of Guinness shows more than tells, and that’s because of Steven Knight’s expert skills in making his characters vibrant right out of the gate.
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 34 User Ratings
6.6
74% Positive
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
12% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
15% Negative
5 Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 34 User Ratings
6.6
74% Positive
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
12% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
15% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
Oct 2, 2025
House of Guinness unmistakably carries Steven Knight’s signature, and it’s clear in every frame that the same hand behind Peaky Blinders is at work here. The story dives into the Irish brewing dynasty with a mix of visual elegance, family tension, and an epic yet murky tone that hooks you right **** atmosphere is carefully crafted, both visually and sonically. The soundtrack is a standout: artists like Kneecap, Fontaines D.C., Flogging Molly, and The Murder Capital inject energy, identity, and a modern edge into a narrative that, without it, might risk feeling too traditional.James Norton delivers a magnetic performance, full of charisma and contradictions, while the supporting cast rises to the occasion. The show thrives on intense characters, sharp dialogue, and a tone that balances rawness with **** times, it leans too heavily on style and veers toward posing, but overall it works as a vibrant historical fresco with personality. It may not be as tight as Knight’s most famous creation, but House of Guinness leaves its mark and offers quality entertainment.
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Oct 3, 2025
This series opens with the disclaimer: “This fiction based is inspired by true stories.” That means that series creator Steven Knight had full rein to create his own scandals, in addition to the historically accurate stuff. Considering he created “Peaky Blinders,” he’s fully versed in how to make history complex and controversial. It starts as the funeral procession for the founder/father causes conflict, but soon moves to the real story: How the 4 children were affected by his will. Even though the other 2 are included, this is primarily about the older brothers (Anthony Boyle and Louis Partridge) and their efforts to keep the famed brewery strong. The scope of the series is grand with big setups and moments of expansive spectacle. On the other side, the personal interactions are juicy and involving with vibrant characters and a fully capable cast. It lacks the intensity of “Blinders,” but the passion and hostility still make for a compelling brew. (8 one-hour eps)
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Sep 25, 2025
Comparisons to Peaky Blinders are inevitable, but House of Guinness is a self-contained, captivating drama on its own merit.
Sep 25, 2025
Although well-acted and engaging, the show fails to pack the same explosive punch as the Cillian Murphy-starrer “Peaky Blinders” or even Knight’s Hulu series, “A Thousand Blows,” which premiered earlier this year. Still, it’s an engrossing enough saga that puts the lore and the myths of one of the Emerald Isle’s most famous dynasties front and center.
Sep 29, 2025
"House of Guinness" is always entertaining, but there's a hollowness to it that's hard to shake.
Sep 25, 2025
Peaky Blinders fans will appreciate Steven Knight’s latest historical delve for its stylistic continuity, but in story terms it feels like it has yet to really hit its stride.
Sep 25, 2025
It lacks the propulsive energy of A Thousand Blows and the brash humour of SAS: Rogue Heroes, to compare it to two of Knight’s recent historical efforts. And it seems unlikely that viewers will stick around for last orders.
Oct 3, 2025
(ENG) It’s an interesting series, though with clear ups and downs that place it somewhere in the middle. On the positive side, it features a carefully crafted setting-the aesthetics, the locations, and the way it portrays family legacy and the tradition behind the Guinness brand create a compelling and distinctive atmosphere. The story also manages to engage at several points, especially when it focuses on power struggles, inheritance, and internal tensions among the characters. However, I also noticed that at times the plot loses momentum. Some episodes fall flat, and certain subplots lack impact, which slows the overall pace. Additionally, while the cast works well, not all characters reach the same level of depth-some remain mere companions without much development. Even with these flaws, the series maintains a solid level of interest and offers worthwhile moments, especially if you’re drawn to family dramas and power dynamics framed within a strong historical and cultural context. It’s a competent production, with style and visual strength, but it could shine much brighter if it refined its storytelling and gave more balanced attention to all its characters. __________________________________________________________ (ESP) Es una serie interesante, aunque con altibajos claros que la dejan en un punto intermedio, lo positivo es que tiene una ambientación muy cuidada, la estética, los escenarios y la forma en la que retrata el legado familiar y la tradición detrás de la marca Guinness generan un entorno atractivo y con personalidad, la historia también consigue enganchar en varios momentos, especialmente cuando se enfoca en los conflictos de poder, la herencia y las tensiones internas entre los personajes, sin embargo, también noté que en ocasiones la trama pierde fuerza, algunos episodios sus y ciertas subtramas no tienen el mismo impacto, lo que baja el ritmo general, a esto se suma que, aunque el elenco funciona bien, no todos los personajes alcanzan la misma profundidad, quedando algunos como meros acompañantes sin demasiado desarrollo, aun con esos detalles, la serie mantiene un buen nivel de interés y ofrece momentos que valen la pena, sobre todo si te atraen las historias de drama familiar y lucha por el poder enmarcadas en un contexto histórico y cultural fuerte. Es una producción con estilo y solidez visual, pero que podría brillar mucho más si puliera su narrativa y diera mayor equilibrio a todos sus personajes.
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Sep 28, 2025
Like the story, absolutely hate the music and information brackets. The music sometimes feels like an annoying and unwanted intrusion in the story I am trying to follow, and takes me right out the 19th century setting it is trying to portray. The information brackets feels like I am being patronized. I do not need to know how much money such and such is worth today, I know inflation is a thing, thank you very much. Would be a 7 if not for those annoying elements. Fire whoever's decision it was to include those, it's exceedingly clumsily done.
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Nov 13, 2025
While the visuals are done well, with some flair, the show very quickly becomes over saturated in what so many script writer's fail at: telling the audience instead of showing. There is a lot of unneeded dialogue, that mainly wants to spend 10 minutes hitting the watcher over the head with, "this is what this character is doing," instead of just showing it. The dialogue also feels stilted, and often seems unrealistic for the period the story takes place in, or even in today's world. I was very quickly bored while characters had some oh-so-clever back and forth repertoire, only to be relieved the next scene appeared, then appalled that we were thrown right back to the same characters cool-smoking cigarettes (that's where you try to act cool by puffing your cigarette with some witty one liner), going back and forth again, getting nowhere in the story. It is as if the writers really think something they come up with is super clever, so they turn up the back and forth "ah ha! I got you on that one!" between characters over and over again. The music? The soundtrack is wonderful, until it jarringly isn't. With traditional Irish music in the background, it seems fitting to the period piece. Except for some scenes, like a crowded mob fighting in the streets in the pilot, where the audience is shocked by rap music. This doesn't make the scene stylish, or artistic, or cool. It ruins an otherwise great period show that seems to have inspirations to be something **** of New York with more upper class characters thrown in, and a little more flair. Okay, give a little more, not rap-music, cool-smoking more. Overall, I don't get the positive reviews for this one. The visuals are done really well, the cinematography and costumes are so fun to watch. Some of the actors are terrific, however the dialogue and other campy elements that must have seemed stylish during the writer's room, just throw you out of the story. Especially when the music flips you over with a rap song. Isn't that like, America 1980's? It just doesn't work. The creators would have been better off with a straight on HBO John Adams sort of story telling, instead of so many characters winking (literally) like they just watched Darby O'Gill and The Little People.
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Sep 28, 2025
Whoever did the music in this series should be fired. Literally ruins the show. The series ends on a cliffhanger. Something tells me we will never find out what happens. Not even remotely worth watching. Might have been an ok show if not for the absurdity of the characters and the absolutely horrible music choice.
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