House of Guinness

It's got good action and pace, the actors give a good performance and I like the scenery and music.

Whether it's accurate is irrelevant to me, if I want to watch period drama I'll watch Wolf Hall (excellent). This is dramatic and accessible with modern music and language. If that's not for you, watch something else.

The people complaining really do need to lighten up!

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.

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' 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.

I think what the people writing the few reviews that were posted are forgetting is that "House of Guinness" is not an accurate biographical documentary of the Guinness family during the mid-19th century. As said in the beginning of the show it is 'inspired' by their story. "House of Guinness" is a television series for entertainment purposes. And I found it entertaining. I'm sure that the people criticizing the Irish accents in the show are Irish themselves and can distinguish correct accents. Deduct a point for that.