الفيلم كان طويل شوي، بس الممثل والممثلة كانوا منيحين كتير.

Yes. In Levantine Arabic, the verb to be is usually not stated in the present tense, but it is used in the past tense.

So:

• الفيلم طويل = The movie is long
• الفيلم كان طويل = The movie was long

Here, كان means was and agrees with the singular subject الفيلم.

Both can be heard, but طويل شوي is a very natural Levantine way to say a little long or kind of long.

So:

• طويل شوي = a bit long
• شوي طويل can also occur in speech, but adjective + شوي is extremely common

In this sentence, الفيلم كان طويل شوي sounds very natural and conversational.

شوي means a little, a bit, or sometimes slightly.

In this sentence:

• طويل شوي = a little long

You will hear شوي all the time in Levantine. It is very common in everyday speech.

Examples:

• غالي شوي = a little expensive
• تعبان شوي = a little tired
• برد شوي = a bit cold

Here, بس means but.

So the sentence structure is:

• الفيلم كان طويل شوي = the movie was a little long
• بس = but
• الممثل والممثلة كانوا منيحين كتير = the actor and actress were very good

Important note: بس can also mean only / just in other contexts, so its meaning depends on the sentence.

Examples:

• بس هون = only here
• كنت بدي روح، بس تأخرت = I wanted to go, but I was late

Because the subject is actually two people:

• الممثل = the actor
• و = and
• الممثلة = the actress

Together, they form a plural subject, so the verb must also be plural in meaning:

• كانوا = they were

Even though each noun is singular by itself, actor and actress together = they.

In Arabic, when you have a mixed-gender human group—even just one male and one female—the default agreement is usually masculine plural.

So:

• الممثل والممثلة كانوا = correct
• using feminine plural here would sound wrong

This is a very common rule in Arabic grammar:

• all male group -> masculine plural
• mixed male/female group -> masculine plural
• all female group -> feminine plural

منيحين means good in the plural, and it is a very common Levantine word.

Base forms:

• منيح = good (masculine singular)
• منيحة = good (feminine singular)
• منيحين = good (plural)

So because the subject is plural (the actor and actress), the adjective is also plural:

• كانوا منيحين = they were good

As for جيدين: that is more Modern Standard Arabic or formal-sounding. In everyday Levantine speech, منيح is much more natural.

Because Arabic adjectives usually agree with the noun in number and often gender.

Here the subject is plural:

• الممثل والممثلة = two people

So the adjective must also be plural:

• منيحين = good (plural)

Compare:

• الممثل منيح = the actor is good
• الممثلة منيحة = the actress is good
• الممثل والممثلة منيحين = the actor and actress are good

English does not change good, but Arabic does.

كتير here means very.

So:

• منيحين كتير = very good

In Levantine, كتير can mean:

• very
• a lot / much / many

The exact meaning depends on context.

Examples:

• حلو كتير = very nice
• بحبك كتير = I love you a lot
• في ناس كتير = there are many people

That is normal in Levantine Arabic. The intensifier often comes after the adjective.

So:

• منيحين كتير = literally something like good very
• natural English translation = very good

This pattern is extremely common:

• حلو كتير = very nice
• صعب كتير = very difficult
• مهم كتير = very important

So even though the word order feels reversed compared with English, it is completely natural in Levantine.

They are the masculine and feminine forms of the same profession:

• الممثل = the actor
• الممثلة = the actress

A very common pattern in Arabic is:

• masculine form = base form
• feminine form = base form + ة

So here:

• ممثل = actor
• ممثلة = actress

With the definite article:

• الممثل = the actor
• الممثلة = the actress

In the present tense, Levantine usually drops to be, so you would normally say:

• الفيلم طويل شوي، بس الممثل والممثلة منيحين كتير.

Notice what changed:

• كان disappears
• كانوا disappears

That gives:

• The movie is a little long, but the actor and actress are very good.

This is one of the most important differences for English speakers learning spoken Arabic.

A simple pronunciation guide would be:

il-film kan taweel shway, bas il-mumaththil wil-mumaththle kanu منيحين kteer

A smoother Levantine-style transliteration:

il-film kan tawiil shway, bas il-mmasel wil-mmasle kanu منيحين ktiir

A few notes:

• الفيلم is often pronounced il-film
• شوي is often shway or shwei
• كتير is often ktiir
• كانوا is kaanu

Pronunciation varies by region, but this will help you recognize the sentence in speech.