Global Haywire is a 2006 documentary film directed by Bruce Petty.It discusses the state of the world, mixing animation and interviews to debate important issues of the time with a focus on the Middle East and Western colonialism[1][2] It's built around the story of a plane with tensions building between assengers on each of its two decks.
[3] Variety's Russell Edwards writes "Reminiscent of the mechanical contraptions created by Petty’s New Yorker magazine predecessor, Rube Goldberg, the pic’s visually complex illustrations are an acquired taste and may overwhelm some auds.
"[5] Writing for the Sunday Age Tom Ryan gave it 4/5 saying it "is a witty, acerbic account - an "animated discussion" - of how we've managed to mess it all up.
"[7] The Weekend Australian's Evan Williams gave it two stars ans says "It is a deeply serious, enormously ambitious work and it grieves me to say that I found it a great disappointment.
"[8] Leigh Paatsch of the Herald Sun gave it one star and finishes "It is supposed to be funny, informative and scary in an obscure kind of way.