So... how do YOU handle criticism?

[ZazaCast]

Stanley Kubrick's stuff was often panned by critics. Same with Led Zeppelin. Critics hated Moby Dick.

In short, critics' opinions don't poo pooing matter in the long run. If I feel I've done something artistically legitimate then I could care less what critics think. I didn't make it for them.

+1

As with any form of art... you have to keep in mind that everyone's opinions on a particular piece are subjective. Grain of salt. I never was much of a Picasso fan, but what do I know?
(if I owned one, I'd sell it, build a studio and continue making films others can rip apart!) rogar-Happy(DBG):

 

[RyanT]

It's pretty easy for me: if my work doesn't match up to a multi-million dollar production then I'm the worst critic regardless...

No one's going to be worse than I am. >=]

Pretty much it. No one ever tells me anything I don't already know. The best thing anyone has ever told me though was to just never make excuses for my work...accept what you did and be nice to anyone and everyone who gives you criticism. Usually they're right.