This film really depends on one central acting turn, and thankfully Danny Glover is phenomenal—it’s likely the finest work he's ever done, standing out as remarkable even within the 1980s. However, Goldberg and Oprah are not good; their contributions were jarring and unfocused. Still, Glover manages to elevate the material, and Spielberg seemed to recognize that this was a movie based on a stage production. He …