OK, perhaps both Ashley and I are being generous describing these people as reputable critics. Almost everything I'm saying here doesn't apply to writers at places like the Daily Telegraph and The Guardian, but it is also true that a lot of online critics in places like YouTube have a lot of reach and popularity, which is why I am complaining about their attitudes here. They may not be "professional" but they do affect the way people are starting to think, and that is what bothers me, especially when this kind of stuff becomes weaponised in culture wars. And that is also what Ashley was complaining about regarding the US mainstream (though quite honestly you'd have to ask her about specifics as I don't know the US media very well). As for the UK media, there are a few right-wing outlets (GB News, for instance) that is very much hopping on the Disney's-latest-did-badly-therefore-it's-"woke"-rubbish mantra, so it isn't just the US.

I did try to separate church from state, so to speak, when it came to professional critics, but evidently I didn't make that clear enough. I probably shouldn't have used the phrase "film critics" in such general terms. I think I'll edit the article a little to make that more clear.