White and black. Good and evil. Day and night. It is by contrast that we understand differences. All in all (meaning this is not my type of movies), this was a well made production that included Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep in the cast. Why they chose to take part in this movie beats me but, for sure, it did not harm their careers.
As for the performances as such, I felt them rather flat but, at the same time, in a society in which you are not supposed to get attached to anything or anyone, perhaps that was precisely what the director wanted to make us feel. In the end, the overall message was that where there is no pain, there is no gain.