Soft Shell Man (French: Un crabe dans la tête) is a Québécois film, directed by André Turpin released in 2001.

The film was shot September to October 2000 in Aylmer, Quebec and Montreal.

While in Montreal, he has an adventure with a journalist, Marie, who is in the company of his best friend.

Soft Shell Man has an approval rating of 100% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 7 reviews, and an average rating of 7/10.

[2] Soft Shell Man was Canada's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not nominated.