Say amen to ‘Saint Frances’

An aimless 30-something gets needed life lessons from an incoming first-grader in the top new DVD releases for the week of June 16.

Embarrassed and frustrated with her job as a server, Bridget (Kelly O’Sullivan), a 34-year-old woman who doesn’t want to admit she’s a millennial (or talk about her feelings), lands a nanny position to 6-year-old Frances (Ramona Edith Williams), despite much experience or a general interest in kids. Meanwhile, after hooking up with a sweet, somewhat hapless 26-year-old man, Jace (Max Lipchitz), Bridget gets pregnant and has an abortion. Physical side effects linger through the intense care of the life-loving child, her recovery lasting the duration of the gig, one gorgeous Chicago summer.

Written by O’Sullivan, the quiet but powerful script tackles the physical messiness of sex, menstruation and abortion with grace and silliness, and manages to make Frances equal parts precocious and grounded (largely thanks to Williams’ life-affirming performance).

After being exposed mostly to peers who look down on her, well-meaning parents who don’t understand her and men she feels ambivalent toward, Bridget finds a community with Frances and Frances’ moms (Charin Alvarez and Lily Mojekwu), and through them, with herself.

Also new on DVD

■ “2 Minutes of Fame”:

After going viral, an aspiring stand-up heads to Los Angeles to make it big. Jay Pharoah, Katt Williams, Andy Allo, Keke Palmer and Valery M. Ortiz star.

■ “Bad Therapy”: A therapist (Michaela Watkins) wreaks havoc on a couple’s (Alicia Silverstone and Rob Corddry) relationship.

■ “Braveheart”: The 1995 film starring Mel Gibson as the leader of the revolt against King Edward I of England has a commemorative Blu-ray

release for its 25th anniversary.

■ “Friday the 13th”: The classic horror film has a commemorative Blu-ray release for its 40th anniversary.

■ “Gladiator”: The 2000 film starring Russell Crowe as a wronged Roman ex-general has a commemorative Blu-ray release for its 20th anniversary.

■ “LEGO DC Shazam:

Magic and Monsters”: In this computer-animated film, Shazam (voiced by Sean Astin) must save the Justice League from the evil Monster Society.

■ “Pretty in Pink”: The 1986 rom-com starring Molly Ringwald as a high school outcast with a crush on a popular boy is being released as a Bluray collectible.

■ “Project Blue Book Season 2”: The History network’s sci-fi series follows Dr. J. Allen Hynek (Aidan Gillen) and Air Force Capt. Michael Quinn (Michael Malarkey) as they travel around the United States in search of the truth behind possible UFO sightings.

VISIT FILMS Ramona Edith Williams (left) and Kelly O’Sullivan star in “Saint Frances.” Following an accidental pregnancy that ends in abortion, a deadbeat nanny finds an unlikely friendship with a precocious and grounded 6-year-old for whom she’s charged with taking care of for the summer.