No, film critics aren’t out of touch – internet warriors are the problem A recent study says ‘divisive’ films such as The Last Jedi are hated by the public and loved by critics. But the true dynamic is murkier Fan favourite? Mark Hamill in Star Wars: the Last Jedi In a 1994 episode of The Simpsons called The Boy Who Knew Too Much, Principal Skinner experiences the kind of flash of self-doubt that every critic knows all too well. “Am I so out of touch?” the headmaster muses while searching for Bart – who’s playing truant – first at the Springfield Natural History Museum, then a crumbling youth club. A split-second later, he squares his shoulders and reassures himself: “No, it’s the children who are wrong.”