House of Guinness

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.

Hmm....when your 15min in watching the first episodeandtoubjear horrendous hoodlum music in the background when the mobs are fighting ina period **** know this show is and will be horse ****.

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.

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.

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.