"We are showing three divergent views of Italy today, cutting across the entire social scale," explains De Sica of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. "Although different in time and place, the three episodes are bound together by universal qualities of humor, humanity and compassion and hopefully stand for modern society everywhere."

De Sica and his scenarists have fabricated a largely successful entertainment, but his statement about the film is pompous (so unlike De Sica). Humor he gives us, and I suppose, "humanity" (whatever that is); but of compassion there is not a trace, nor need there be for such a charming, light-hearted work; finally, the characters and situations appear, in many ways, uniquely Italian and seem not at all to "stand for modern society everywhere." De Sica is making an extravagant claim for what is simply a highly polished, slick, fast sex comedy. (p. 43)