[1] Directed by Aleksi Vellis it stars John Moore as the titular Harry Dare, who is searching for his missing Kombi van.
[3] It was first screened in 1995 in the leadup to that years AFI awards but at the time did not have a set commercial release.
[3] In the leadup to the 1995 AFI awards the Age's Jim Schembri called it "an exceptionally funny film about an aboriginal man's obsession with a Kombi van.
"[7] David Stratton commenting on The Movie Show gave it 3 stars and says the film "doesn`t in the end make the most of some intriguing ideas, but nevertheless it`s engaging entertainment.
"[8] Adrian Martin from The Age gave it 2 stars finishing "Neither a full-blooded social satire nor a cute Aussie version of Ghost Dad (1990), The Life of Harry Dare dwells in that frustrating middle-ground where so many Australian films go to die.