The Tulpa (2005) User Reviews

Very good short movie.

[victor-pe · 10/10 · 17 August 2006]

Very good short movie.

Simple but effective specially for quick thinkers. Nice and beautiful Sarah Sido, very nice girl.

The power of mind... a big and interesting subject for a movie but in this movie, a short movie, that topic was introduced in a simple but effective way, showing that power of the mind power that you could create things, even people by using your mind.

The Tibetan monk said that he use to meditate 16 hours and he was just a pupil, but he create that girl from a picture of magazine. Well, I think he was so focused with the picture of the reporter (Sarah Sido) and his mind create her very real.

That was very interesting and fun the day I saw that movie... i was preparing me t be ready to have a seat to see that movie, because somebody told me that it was about the Tibet and all that stuff. So I fix some things while the movie was beginning, when I finally had a seat it only last about 7 or ten minutes.

But I enjoy it.

A decent little 'twilight zone'-like clip

[ulrick · 12 May 2007]

This is a short film is currently playing in heavy rotation as a filler between movies on The Movie Network in Canada. I have seen it multiple times by now.

It isn't about Tibet, or an exploration of the mind. :) It's a short story that takes place almost completely in one room of a suburban home, where a generic "Tibetan Monk" is interrupted in his meditation by a TV crew coming to interview him for a segment for their supernatural show.

This is very much like a segment from a Twilight Zone episode, and you can probably guess what is going on already, it is so obvious for the genre.

It has a pleasant atmosphere and a good mood set by the wall-to-wall ambient music

It would be possible to be more critical about the cliché characters here and how the ending is telegraphed from the beginning, however I think this short film's intention probably just to entertain you for a few minutes.

Without spoiling, what the monk does, assuming his culture and background, and the characters around him does not make sense. This is very basic north American television-level fiction/fantasy which does not hold up to scrutiny. However, the entire film is well produced and performed. Sarah Sido is very pleasant in her role.