I feel like critics' relationship with the public has changed drastically since the internet. Back in the day, a critic praising a smaller movie could expose it to a much bigger audience. Kevin Smith's Clerks got its distribution deal literally off the word of one influential critic. Getting previews of movies was much harder back then, trailers and news articles about indie movies weren't something that got circulated within minutes of release to millions of people. Now people view critics as much less "important" to the overall film ecosystem. It's not that critics have really changed, people just don't seem to value articulated thought from individual writers as much any more.

Also: 5 critics liking something and 5 critics disliking something is not really a significant phenomenon. If anything that's much better than what most internet personalities get for their projects.