Set in 1959 at a stuffy New England prep school, the movie concerns the interaction between regimented students and their dedicated new poetry teacher. More than a breath of fresh air, he is a tempest stirring up the dustbunnies at the musty Welton Academy.  …They form the Dead Poets Society, a secret cabal who read their own and others’ verse in a spooky, dripping cave.-Washington Post 

“(Ethan) Hawke, as the painfully shy Todd, gives a haunting performance.”-Variety