Is Netflix’s The House of Guinness Worth Watching? A Review

The House of Guinness, a new period drama by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders), is set in Dublin and New York in the 19th century. It follows the influential Guinness family after the passing of their patriarch, Sir Benjamin Guinness. Sounds juicy, right? Marketed as a mix of Succession and Downton Abbey, you’d expect it to be anything but boring. Well, here’s the scoop… Each of the eight episodes kicks off with a disclaimer stating, “This is a fiction based on true stories.” Quite the head-scratcher, isn’t it? I found myself questioning what exactly I was tuning into.